Set the client encoding pg_send_query pg_set_error_verbosity PostgreSQL Functions PHP Manual pg_set_client_encoding (PHP 4 >= 4.0.3, PHP 5)pg_set_client_encoding — Set the client encoding Description int pg_set_client_encoding ( string $encoding ) int pg_set_client_encoding ( resource $connection , string $encoding ) pg_set_client_encoding() sets the client encoding and returns 0 if success or -1 if error. PostgreSQL will automatically convert data in the backend database encoding into the frontend encoding. Note: The function used to be called pg_setclientencoding(). Parameters connection PostgreSQL database connection resource. When connection is not present, the default connection is used. The default connection is the last connection made by pg_connect() or pg_pconnect(). encoding The required client encoding. One of SQL_ASCII, EUC_JP, EUC_CN, EUC_KR, EUC_TW, UNICODE, MULE_INTERNAL, LATINX (X=1...9), KOI8, WIN, ALT, SJIS, BIG5 or WIN1250. The exact list of available encodings depends on your PostgreSQL version, so check your PostgreSQL manual for a more specific list. Return Values Returns 0 on success or -1 on error. Examples Example #1 pg_set_client_encoding() example <?php$conn = pg_pconnect("dbname=publisher");if (!$conn) { echo "An error occured.\n"; exit;}// Set the client encoding to UNICODE. Data will be automatically// converted from the backend encoding to the frontend.pg_set_client_encoding($conn, UNICODE);$result = pg_query($conn, "SELECT author, email FROM authors");if (!$result) { echo "An error occured.\n"; exit;}// Write out UTF-8 datawhile ($row = pg_fetch_row($result)) { echo "Author: $row[0] E-mail: $row[1]"; echo "<br />\n";} ?> See Also pg_client_encoding() pg_send_query pg_set_error_verbosity PostgreSQL Functions PHP Manual