PHP Tutorial - PHP mysqli_character_set_name() Function






Definition

The mysqli_character_set_name() function returns the default character set for the database connection.

Syntax

PHP mysqli_character_set_name() Function has the following syntax.

mysqli_character_set_name(connection);

Parameter

ParameterIs RequiredDescription
connectionRequired.MySQL connection

Return

The default character set for the current connection.

Example

returns the default character set for the database connection.


<?php/*from w  w  w.j  av a 2s . c o  m*/
$con=mysqli_connect("localhost","my_user","my_password","my_db");

if (mysqli_connect_errno($con)){
  echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
}

$charset=mysqli_character_set_name($con);
echo "Default character set is: " . $charset;

mysqli_close($con);
?>