Returns the default character set for the database connection (original) (raw)

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 ( void ) : string

mysqli_character_set_name ( mysqli $link ) : string

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 */ <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>c</mi><mi>h</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>s</mi><mi>e</mi><mi>t</mi><mo>=</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">charset = </annotation></semantics></math>charset=mysqli->character_set_name(); printf ("Current character set is %s\n", <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>c</mi><mi>h</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>s</mi><mi>e</mi><mi>t</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo separator="true">;</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">charset);</annotation></semantics></math>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 */ <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>c</mi><mi>h</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>s</mi><mi>e</mi><mi>t</mi><mo>=</mo><mi>m</mi><mi>y</mi><mi>s</mi><mi>q</mi><mi>l</mi><msub><mi>i</mi><mi>c</mi></msub><mi>h</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>c</mi><mi>t</mi><mi>e</mi><msub><mi>r</mi><mi>s</mi></msub><mi>e</mi><msub><mi>t</mi><mi>n</mi></msub><mi>a</mi><mi>m</mi><mi>e</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">charset = mysqli_character_set_name(</annotation></semantics></math>charset=mysqlicharactersetname(link); printf ("Current character set is %s\n",$charset);/* close connection */ mysqli_close($link); ?>

The above examples will output: