php man page for pg_set_client_encoding

PG_SET_CLIENT_ENCODING(3)												 PG_SET_CLIENT_ENCODING(3)

pg_set_client_encoding - Set the client encoding

SYNOPSIS
       int pg_set_client_encoding ([resource  $connection], string  $encoding)

DESCRIPTION
       pg_set_client_encoding(3) sets the client encoding and returns 0 if success or -1 if error.

	PostgreSQL will automatically convert data in the backend database encoding into the frontend encoding.

       Note

	       The function used to be called pg_setclientencoding(3).

PARAMETERS
	      o $connection
		- PostgreSQL database connection resource. When $connection is not present, the default connection is used. The default connection
		is the last connection made by pg_connect(3) or pg_pconnect(3).

	      o $encoding
		- The required client encoding. One of SQL_ASCII, EUC_JP, EUC_CN, EUC_KR, EUC_TW, UNICODE, MULE_INTERNAL, LATINX (X=1...9),  KOI8,
		WIN,  ALT,  SJIS,  BIG5 or WIN1250.  The exact list of available encodings depends on your PostgreSQL version, so check your Post-
		greSQL manual for a more specific list.

RETURN VALUES
	Returns 0 on success or -1 on error.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      pg_set_client_encoding(3) example

	      <?php

	      $conn = pg_pconnect("dbname=publisher");
	      if (!$conn) {
		echo "An error occurred.
";
		exit;
	      }

	      // Set the client encoding to UNICODE.  Data will be automatically
	      // converted from the backend encoding to the frontend.
	      pg_set_client_encoding($conn, "UNICODE");

	      $result = pg_query($conn, "SELECT author, email FROM authors");
	      if (!$result) {
		echo "An error occurred.
";
		exit;
	      }

	      // Write out UTF-8 data
	      while ($row = pg_fetch_row($result)) {
		echo "Author: $row[0]  E-mail: $row[1]";
		echo "<br />
";
	      }

	      ?>

SEE ALSO
       pg_client_encoding(3).

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