MySQL Client Encoding

(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5)



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
$link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password');
$charset = mysql_client_encoding($link);

echo "The current character set is: $charset\n";
?>