Ray8999 Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 Discovered I'm getting an error when trying to post a Youtube URL when creating a new post "The value entered includes a character that is not allowed such as an Emoji". If I reply to an already existing topic, it will post just fine, but if you are trying to create a new post/topic, it throws this error. Any ideas? URL in this case: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZjQpenulx8" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim M Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 If you add any text in the post with the YouTube video does the video post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray8999 Posted July 21 Author Share Posted July 21 Just tried and it still doesn't post. Added text before and after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teraßyte Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 That error is usually thrown if a utf8mb4 character is in the text and your database is not utf8mb4. For example, posting an emoji while the database is utf8/utf8mb3. Is your database using utf8mb4? Maybe something in the YouTube embed has a utf8mb4 Unicode character that triggers the check. 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Marc Posted July 22 Solution Share Posted July 22 As mentioned above, you need to ensure your database is converted to mb4. This is shown in the support area of your admin CP, under the database section, as an issue on your site that should be addressed. Taking a look at your site, I also noted your site is considerably out of date, and should be updated to the latest release Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray8999 Posted July 22 Author Share Posted July 22 Thank you for the replies and help! Updating to the latest Invision forum version fixed it. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 Glad to hear that sorted the problem 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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