mysqli::character_set_name, mysqli_character_set_name
mysqli::character_set_namemysqli_character_set_nameReturns the default character set for the database connection
Description
Object oriented stylestring mysqli::character_set_name();
Procedural stylestring mysqli_character_set_name(mysqli link);
Returns the current character set for the database connection.
Parameters
link-
Procedural style only: A link identifier returned by
mysqli_connectormysqli_init
Return Values
The default character set for the current connection
Examples
Example 20.102. 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\n', mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
}
/* Print current character set */
$charset = $mysqli->character_set_name();
printf ('Current character set is %s\n', $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\n', mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
}
/* Print current character set */
$charset = mysqli_character_set_name($link);
printf ('Current character set is %s\n',$charset);
/* close connection */
mysqli_close($link);
?>
The above examples will output:
Current character set is latin1_swedish_ci
See Also
mysqli_client_encoding
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mysqli_real_escape_string |