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pg_client_encoding
(PHP 4 >= 4.0.3, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
pg_client_encoding — Gets the client encoding
Description
Note:
This function requires PostgreSQL 7.0 or higher. If libpq is compiled without multibyte encoding support,pg_client_encoding() always returns
SQL_ASCII. Supported encoding depends on PostgreSQL version. Refer to the PostgreSQL Documentation supported encodings.The function used to be called pg_clientencoding().
Parameters
connection
An PgSql\Connection instance. When connection is [null](reserved.constants.php#constant.null), the default connection is used. The default connection is the last connection made by pg_connect()or pg_pconnect().
Warning
As of PHP 8.1.0, using the default connection is deprecated.
Return Values
The client encoding.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 8.1.0 | The connection parameter expects an PgSql\Connection instance now; previously, a resource was expected. |
| 8.0.0 | connection is now nullable. |
Examples
Example #1 pg_client_encoding() example
`<?php
// Assume $conn is a connection to a ISO-8859-1 database encoding=pgclientencoding(encoding = pg_client_encoding(encoding=pgclientencoding(conn);
echo
"Client encoding is: ", $encoding, "\n";
?>`
The above example will output:
Client encoding is: ISO-8859-1
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