PHP mysqli get_charset() Function

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Example - Object Oriented style

Return a character set object, with several properties:

<?php
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost","my_user","my_password","my_db");

if ($mysqli -> connect_errno) {
  echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . $mysqli -> connect_error;
  exit();
}

var_dump($mysqli -> get_charset());

$mysqli -> close();
?>

Look at example of procedural style at the bottom.


Definition and Usage

The get_charset() / mysqli_get_charset() function returns a character set object with several properties for the current character set.


Syntax

Object oriented style:

$mysqli -> get_charset()

Procedural style:

mysqli_get_charset(connection);

Parameter Values

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+

Example - Procedural style

Return a character set object, with several properties:

<?php
$con = mysqli_connect("localhost","my_user","my_password","my_db");

if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
  echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
  exit();
}

var_dump(mysqli_get_charset($con));

mysqli_close($con);
?>


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