mysqli::character_set_name

mysqli_character_set_name

(PHP 5)

mysqli_character_set_name — Returns the default character set for the database connection

Description

Object oriented style (method):

string mysqli::character_set_name ( void )

Procedural style:

string 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_connect() or mysqli_init()

Return Values

The default character set for the current connection

Examples

Example #1 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();

?>

Example #2 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 example will output:

Current character set is latin1_swedish_ci