Make utf8mb4_bin the default collation for MySQL and migrate all the existing tables

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ v0.21 (trunk)
  * Drop the outdated FromModlToEloquent migration script
  * Remove the Bookmark synchronization feature, the server is taking care of it
  * Implement XEP-0469: Bookmark Pinning
+ * Make utf8mb4_bin the default collation for MySQL and migrate all the existing tables
 
 v0.20
 ---------------------------

database/migrations/20230318150507_set_correct_collation_emoji_to_reactions_table.php

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class SetCorrectCollationEmojiToReactionsTable extends Migration
          * See https://github.com/movim/movim/issues/1042
          */
         if ($this->schema->getConnection()->getDriverName() == 'mysql') {
-            $this->schema->getConnection()->unprepared('alter table reactions modify emoji varchar(32) charset utf8mb4  collate utf8mb4_bin;');
+            $this->schema->getConnection()->unprepared('alter table reactions modify emoji varchar(32) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_bin;');
         }
     }
 

database/migrations/20230321201405_set_correct_collation_to_all_tables.php

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?php
+
+use Movim\Migration;
+
+class SetCorrectCollationToAllTables extends Migration
+{
+    public function up()
+    {
+        if ($this->schema->getConnection()->getDriverName() == 'mysql') {
+            $this->disableForeignKeyCheck();
+
+            foreach ($this->schema->getConnection()->select('
+                select concat("ALTER TABLE `", TABLE_NAME,"` CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_bin;") as result
+                from information_schema.tables
+                where table_schema="' . config('database.database') . '"
+                and table_type="BASE TABLE"
+            ') as $convert) {
+                $this->schema->getConnection()->statement($convert->result);
+            };
+
+            $this->enableForeignKeyCheck();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function down()
+    {
+
+    }
+}

src/Movim/Bootstrap.php

@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class Bootstrap
             'username'  => config('database.username'),
             'password'  => config('database.password'),
             'charset'   => (config('database.driver') == 'mysql') ? 'utf8mb4' : 'utf8',
-            'collation' => (config('database.driver') == 'mysql') ? 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci' : 'utf8_unicode_ci',
+            'collation' => (config('database.driver') == 'mysql') ? 'utf8mb4_bin' : 'utf8_unicode_ci',
         ]);
 
         /**