feature A hack (workaround) on getting emojis or smileys to work. It's not the best approach but it's working this way

posted by curious on phuksdev

Well, users of my site are emoji lovers so had to find this workaround.

So it's basically using the emoji Dec (decimal) codes and then enclosing it with &# and ; and it works.

For example,

😈 shows the Evil Grin face 😈

or using 😍 shows the Smiling face with heart eyes and so on 😍😍 It's working on the comments sections too.

I've told my users to use the codes for now 😁 but I'm sure you programmers/experts will know of a better workaround.

The decimal codes for smileys are available here on W3Schools and here too < thanks @xyzzy

Well, users of my site are emoji lovers so had to find this workaround. So it's basically using the emoji **Dec** (decimal) codes and then enclosing it with ```&#``` and ```;``` and it works. For example, ```😈``` shows the Evil Grin face 😈 or using ```😍``` shows the Smiling face with heart eyes and so on 😍😍 It's working on the comments sections too. I've told my users to use the codes for now 😁 but I'm sure you programmers/experts will know of a better workaround. The decimal codes for smileys are available here on [W3Schools](https://www.w3schools.com/charsets/ref_emoji_smileys.asp) and [here too](http://www.amp-what.com/unicode/search/emoticon) < thanks @xyzzy