php man page for mysqli_get_charset

MYSQLI_GET_CHARSET(3)							 1						     MYSQLI_GET_CHARSET(3)

mysqli::get_charset - Returns a character set object

       Object oriented style

SYNOPSIS
       object mysqli::get_charset (void  )

DESCRIPTION
       Procedural style
       object mysqli_get_charset (mysqli  $link)

	Returns a character set object providing several properties of the current active character set.

PARAMETERS
	      o $
		link -Procedural style only: A link identifier returned by mysqli_connect(3) or mysqli_init(3)

RETURN VALUES
	The function returns a character set object with the following properties:

	      o $charset
		-Character set name

	      o $collation
		-Collation name

	      o $dir
		-Directory the charset description was fetched from (?) or "" for built-in character sets

	      o $min_length
		-Minimum character length in bytes

	      o $max_length
		-Maximum character length in bytes

	      o $number
		-Internal character set number

	      o $state
		-Character set status (?)

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      mysqli::get_charset example

	      Object oriented style

	      <?php
		$db = mysqli_init();
		$db->real_connect("localhost","root","","test");
		var_dump($db->get_charset());
	      ?>

	      Procedural style

	      <?php
		$db = mysqli_init();
		mysqli_real_connect($db, "localhost","root","","test");
		var_dump($db->get_charset());
	      ?>

	      The above examples will output:

	      object(stdClass)#2(7) {
		["charset"]=>
		string(6) "latin1"
		["collation"]=>
		string(17) "latin1_swedish_ci"
		["dir"]=>
		string(0) ""
		["min_length"]=>
		int(1)
		["max_length"]=>
		int(1)
		["number"]=>
		int(8)
		["state"]=>
		int(801)
	      }

SEE ALSO
       mysqli_character_set_name(3), mysqli_set_charset(3).

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