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
mysqli::character_set_name ( void ) : 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", "wor
ld");

/* 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