(PHP 5)
mysqli::character_set_name -- mysqli_character_set_name — Returns the default character set for the database connection
Object oriented style (method):
Procedural style:
Returns the current character set for the database connection.
Procedural style only: A link identifier returned by mysqli_connect() or mysqli_init()
The default character set for the current connection
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