PHP mysql_client_encoding function

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mysql_client_encoding

(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5)

Retrieves the character_set variable from MySQL.

The MySQL connection. If the
link identifier is not specified, the last link opened by
mysql_connect() is assumed. If no such link is found, it
will try to create one as if mysql_connect() was called
with no arguments. If by chance no connection is found or established, an
E_WARNING level warning is generated.

Returns the default character set name for the current connection.

Example 1. mysql_client_encoding() example

$link    = mysql_connect('localhost', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password');
$charset = mysql_client_encoding($link);
 
echo "The current character set is: $charset\n";

The above example will output
something similar to: