PHP Tutorial - PHP mysqli_set_charset() Function

Definition

The mysqli_set_charset() function sets the default character set.

Syntax

PHP mysqli_set_charset() Function has the following syntax.

mysqli_set_charset(connection,charset);

Parameter

Parameter	Is Required	Description
connection	Required.	MySQL connection to use
charset	Required.	Default character set

Return

It returns TRUE on success. FALSE on failure.

Example

Sets the default character set


<?php/*from  w w  w. j  av a  2  s.  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();
    }
    
    // Change character set to utf8
    mysqli_set_charset($con,"utf8");
    
    mysqli_close($con);
?>