ALTER DATABASE your_db CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci; ALTER TABLE your_table CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci; Laravel's default utf8mb4 is sufficient. Use system fonts or include Khmer OS fonts via CSS:
public function show($locale, $id)
Laravel can fully support the Khmer language with careful configuration of localization, database collation, custom helpers for numerals and slugs, and appropriate search strategies. While the lack of word boundaries remains a challenge, combining ngram search or external search engines provides acceptable performance. laravel khmer
Create resources/lang/km/auth.php , validation.php , pagination.php with Khmer translations. custom helpers for numerals and slugs
Create a helper: