PHP Tutorial - PHP mysqli_get_charset() Function

Definition

The mysqli_get_charset() function returns a character set object.

Syntax

PHP mysqli_get_charset() Function has the following syntax.

mysqli_get_charset(connection);

Parameter

Parameter	Is Required	Description
connection	Required.	MySQL connection

Return

The returning character set object has the following properties.

Item	Meaning
charset	character set name
collation	collation name
dir	directory the charset was fetched from or ""
min_length	min character length in bytes
max_length	max character length in bytes
number	internal character set number
state	character set status

Example

The following code gets a character set object with its properties.


<?php//www . j av a2s  .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();
}

var_dump(mysqli_get_charset($con));

mysqli_close($con);
?>