Still Getting ERROR: Cannot set DB charset to utf-8 and more

  • Installed 3.0.7 and am still getting the errors from before and some new ones:

    [16-Apr-2013 16:23:48] WARNING: file_put_contents(/usr/www/users/XXXXXXXXXXXX/XXXXXXXXXXXX/wordpress/.maintenance) [function.file-put-contents]: failed to open stream: Permission denied
    [16-Apr-2013 16:23:48] WARNING: Cannot set blog into maintenance mode! .maintenance is not writable!
    [16-Apr-2013 16:23:48] ERROR: Cannot set DB charset to utf-8
    [16-Apr-2013 16:23:48] 2. Try to dump database …
    [16-Apr-2013 16:23:48] Set blog into maintenance mode
    [16-Apr-2013 16:23:48] WARNING: file_put_contents(/usr/www/users/XXXXXXXXXXXX/XXXXXXXXXXXX/wordpress/.maintenance) [function.file-put-contents]: failed to open stream: Permission denied
    [16-Apr-2013 16:23:48] WARNING: Cannot set blog into maintenance mode! .maintenance is not writable!
    [16-Apr-2013 16:23:48] ERROR: Cannot set DB charset to utf-8
    [16-Apr-2013 16:23:48] 3. Try to dump database …
    [16-Apr-2013 16:23:48] Set blog into maintenance mode
    [16-Apr-2013 16:23:48] WARNING: file_put_contents(/usr/www/users/XXXXXXX/XXXXXXXXXXXX/wordpress/.maintenance) [function.file-put-contents]: failed to open stream: Permission denied
    [16-Apr-2013 16:23:48] WARNING: Cannot set blog into maintenance mode! .maintenance is not writable!
    [16-Apr-2013 16:23:48] ERROR: Cannot set DB charset to utf-8

    Was not getting any of these in the versions before the big changes. Is this something on my end? Do I need to restart the web server once the plug-in was updated? Thanks for your help.

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  • Please check your wp-config.php
    define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’);

    utf8 for database must definied without the –

    Thread Starter Goose

    (@ggussis)

    Tried this by adding it to my wp-config but still getting the same errors. This WP installation is from way back (although currently using latest WP 3.5.1). Is there something I need to do to the database to make it recognize that define line in wp-config? Thank you for your responses.

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