Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'PDOException' with message 'SQLSTATE[42000]: Syntax error or access violation: 1253 COLLATION 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci' is not valid for CHARACTER SET 'utf8'' in ...

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'PDOException' with message 'SQLSTATE[42000]: Syntax error or access violation: 1253 COLLATION 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci' is not valid for CHARACTER SET 'utf8'' in /wp-content/plugins/vagebond-menu-manager/vendor/illuminate/database/Connectors/MySqlConnector.php:41 Stack trace: #0 /wp-content/plugins/vagebond-menu-manager/vendor/illuminate/database/Connectors/MySqlConnector.php(41): PDO->prepare('set names 'utf8...') #1 /wp-content/plugins/vagebond-menu-manager/vendor/illuminate/database/Connectors/ConnectionFactory.php(100): Illuminate\Database\Connectors\MySqlConnector->connect(Array) #2 [internal function]: Illuminate\Database\Connectors\ConnectionFactory->Illuminate\Database\Connectors\{closure}() #3 /wp-content/plugins/vagebond-menu-manager/vendor/illuminate/database/Connection.php(956): call_user_func(Object(Closure)) #4 /wp-content/plugins/vagebond-menu-manager/vendor/illumina in /wp-content/plugins/vagebond-menu-manager/vendor/illuminate/database/Connectors/MySqlConnector.php on line 41

This issue occurs when your collation type has been configured incorrectly.

In your wp-config.php file find the line that says define('DB_COLLATE', ''); and define it properly. If your database has utf-8 collation change the line to define('DB_COLLATE', 'utf8_general_ci');, if your database has utf-8mb4 collation change this line to define('DB_COLLATE', 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci');

This has been resolved in L'ambiance 1.2