PHP mysql_client_encoding() Function
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Definition and Usage
The mysql_client_encoding() function returns the name of the character set
for the current connection.
Syntax
mysql_client_encoding(connection)
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Parameter |
Description |
connection |
Optional. Specifies the MySQL connection. If not specified,
the last connection opened by mysql_connect() or mysql_pconnect() is used. |
Example
<?php
$con = mysql_connect("localhost","mysql_user","mysql_pwd");
if (!$con)
{
die("Could not connect: " . mysql_error());
}
$charset = mysql_client_encoding($con);
echo "The current character set is: $charset";
mysql_close($con);
?>
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The output of the code above could be:
The current character set is: latin1
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