php man page for mysqli_character_set_name

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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