PHP mysql_client_encoding function

mysql_client_encoding

(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5)

mysql_client_encoding -- Returns the name of the character setDescriptionstring mysql_client_encoding ( [resource link_identifier] )

Retrieves the character_set variable from MySQL.

Parameters

link_identifier

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.

Return Values

Returns the default character set name for the current connection.

Examples

Example 1. mysql_client_encoding() example

The above example will output
something similar to:

The current character set is: latin1

See Also

mysql_real_escape_string()