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mysqli_set_charset (PHP 5 >= 5.1.0RC1) mysqli_set_charset (no version information, might be only in CVS) mysqli->set_charset -- Sets the default client character set Descriptionbool mysqli_set_charset ( mysqli link, string charset )
The mysqli_set_charset() function sets the default
character set (specified by the charset parameter) to be
used when sending data from and to the database server
represented by the link parameter.
Return Values
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
ExamplesExample 1. Object oriented style <?php
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "test");
/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
}
/* change character set to utf8 */
if (!$mysqli->set_charset("utf8")) {
printf("Error loading character set utf8: %s\n", $mysqli->error);
} else {
printf("Current character set: %s\n", $mysqli->character_set_name());
}
$mysqli->close();
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Example 2. Procedural style <?php
$link = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'my_user', 'my_password', 'test');
/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
}
/* change character set to utf8 */
if (!mysqli_set_charset($link, "utf8")) {
printf("Error loading character set utf8: %s\n", mysqli_error($link));
} else {
printf("Current character set: %s\n", mysqli_character_set_name($link));
}
mysqli_close($link);
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The above example will output: Current character set: utf8 |
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