Returns the name of the character set mysql_change_user mysql_close MySQL Functions PHP Manual mysql_client_encoding (PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5, PECL mysql:1.0)mysql_client_encoding — Returns the name of the character set Description string mysql_client_encoding ([ resource $link_identifier ] ) Retrieves the character_set variable from MySQL. Parameters link_identifier The MySQL connection. If the link identifier is not specified, the last link opened by mysql_connect() is assumed. If no such link is found, it will try to create one as if mysql_connect() was called with no arguments. If by chance no connection is found or established, an E_WARNING level error is generated. Return Values Returns the default character set name for the current connection. Examples Example #1 mysql_client_encoding() example <?php$link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password');$charset = mysql_client_encoding($link);echo "The current character set is: $charset\n";?> The above example will output something similar to: The current character set is: latin1 See Also mysql_set_charset() mysql_real_escape_string() mysql_change_user mysql_close MySQL Functions PHP Manual
