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mysql_client_encoding
(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5) mysql_client_encoding -- Returns the name of the character set Descriptionstring mysql_client_encoding ( [resource link_identifier] )
Retrieves the character_set variable from MySQL.
Parameters
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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
<?php
$link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password');
$charset = mysql_client_encoding($link);
echo "The current character set is: $charset\n";
?>
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The above example will output
something similar to: The current character set is: latin1 |
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