php man page for mysqli_set_charset

Query: mysqli_set_charset

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MYSQLI_SET_CHARSET(3)							 1						     MYSQLI_SET_CHARSET(3)

mysqli::set_charset - Sets the default client character set

       Object oriented style

SYNOPSIS
bool mysqli::set_charset (string $charset)
DESCRIPTION
Procedural style bool mysqli_set_charset (mysqli $link, string $charset) Sets the default character set to be used when sending data from and to the database server.
PARAMETERS
o $ link -Procedural style only: A link identifier returned by mysqli_connect(3) or mysqli_init(3) o $charset - The charset to be set as default.
RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
NOTES
Note To use this function on a Windows platform you need MySQL client library version 4.1.11 or above (for MySQL 5.0 you need 5.0.6 or above). Note This is the preferred way to change the charset. Using mysqli_query(3) to set it (such as SET NAMES utf8) is not recommended. See the MySQL character set concepts section for more information.
EXAMPLES
Example #1 mysqli::set_charset example Object oriented style <?php $mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "test"); /* check connection */ if (mysqli_connect_errno()) { printf("Connect failed: %s ", mysqli_connect_error()); exit(); } /* change character set to utf8 */ if (!$mysqli->set_charset("utf8")) { printf("Error loading character set utf8: %s ", $mysqli->error); } else { printf("Current character set: %s ", $mysqli->character_set_name()); } $mysqli->close(); ?> Procedural style <?php $link = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'my_user', 'my_password', 'test'); /* check connection */ if (mysqli_connect_errno()) { printf("Connect failed: %s ", mysqli_connect_error()); exit(); } /* change character set to utf8 */ if (!mysqli_set_charset($link, "utf8")) { printf("Error loading character set utf8: %s ", mysqli_error($link)); } else { printf("Current character set: %s ", mysqli_character_set_name($link)); } mysqli_close($link); ?> The above examples will output: Current character set: utf8
SEE ALSO
mysqli_character_set_name(3), mysqli_real_escape_string(3), List of character sets that MySQL supports. PHP Documentation Group MYSQLI_SET_CHARSET(3)
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