show variables like '%char%';
ERROR 2006 (HY000): MySQL server has gone awayNo connection.
Trying to reconnect...Connection id: 2Current
database: *** NONE ***
+--------------------------+--------------------------------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------+
| character_set_client | utf8 |
| character_set_connection | utf8 |
| character_set_database | utf8 |
| character_set_filesystem | binary |
| character_set_results | utf8 |
| character_set_server | utf8 |
| character_set_system | utf8 |
| character_sets_dir | D:\xampp\mysql\share\charsets\ |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------+
8 rows in set (0.01 sec)MariaDB [(none)]> show variables like 'collation%';
+----------------------+-----------------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+----------------------+-----------------+
| collation_connection | utf8_unicode_ci |
| collation_database | utf8_unicode_ci |
| collation_server | utf8_unicode_ci |
+----------------------+-----------------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
my.ini [mysqld]
#utf 8 settings
init-connect=‘SET NAMES utf8’
collation_server=utf8_unicode_ci
character_set_server=utf8
skip-character-set-client-handshake
#character_sets-dir=“D:/xampp/mysql/share/charsets”