MYSQLI_CHARACTER_SET_NAME(3) 1 MYSQLI_CHARACTER_SET_NAME(3)
mysqli::character_set_name - Returns the default character set for the database connection
Object oriented style
SYNOPSIS
string mysqli::character_set_name (void )
DESCRIPTION
Procedural style
string mysqli_character_set_name (mysqli $link)
Returns the current character set for the database connection.
PARAMETERS
o $
link -Procedural style only: A link identifier returned by mysqli_connect(3) or mysqli_init(3)
RETURN VALUES
The default character set for the current connection
EXAMPLES
Example #1
mysqli::character_set_name example
Object oriented style
<?php
/* Open a connection */
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
printf("Connect failed: %s
", mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
}
/* Print current character set */
$charset = $mysqli->character_set_name();
printf ("Current character set is %s
", $charset);
$mysqli->close();
?>
Procedural style
<?php
/* Open a connection */
$link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
/* check connection */
if (!$link) {
printf("Connect failed: %s
", mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
}
/* Print current character set */
$charset = mysqli_character_set_name($link);
printf ("Current character set is %s
",$charset);
/* close connection */
mysqli_close($link);
?>
The above examples will output:
Current character set is latin1_swedish_ci
SEE ALSO
mysqli_set_charset(3), mysqli_client_encoding(3), mysqli_real_escape_string(3).
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