mysqli::character_set_name
mysqli_character_set_name
(PHP 5, PHP 7)
mysqli::character_set_name -- mysqli_character_set_name — Returns the default character set for the database connection
Description
Object oriented style
public mysqli::character_set_name ( ) : string
Procedural style
mysqli_character_set_name ( mysqli $link ) : string
Returns the current character set for the database connection.
Parameters
-
link -
Procedural style only: A link identifier returned by mysqli_connect() or mysqli_init()
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\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_set_charset() - Sets the default client character set
- mysqli_client_encoding()
- mysqli_real_escape_string() - Escapes special characters in a string for use in an SQL statement, taking into account the current charset of the connection
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