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PHP mysqli_get_charset() Function

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Example

Return a character set object, with its properties:

<?php
$con=mysqli_connect("localhost","my_user","my_password","my_db");
// Check connection
if (mysqli_connect_errno())
  {
  echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
  }

var_dump(mysqli_get_charset($con));

mysqli_close($con);
?>

Definition and Usage

The mysqli_get_charset() function returns a character set object.


Syntax

mysqli_get_charset(connection);

Parameter Description
connection Required. Specifies the MySQL connection to use

Technical Details

Return Value: Returns a character set object with the following properties:
  • 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
PHP Version: 5.1+

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