php-doc-en/reference/mysqli/functions/mysqli-set-character-set-name.xml

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  <refentry id="function.mysqli-set-character-set-name">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>mysqli_set_character_set_name</refname>
    <refname>mysqli->set_character_set_name</refname>
    <refname>mysqli->set_client_encoding</refname>
    <refpurpose>Sets the default client character set</refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
     <methodsynopsis>
      <type>bool</type><methodname>mysqli_set_character_set_name</methodname>
      <methodparam><type>mysqli</type><parameter>link</parameter></methodparam>
      <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>charset</parameter></methodparam>
     </methodsynopsis>
    <para>
     The <function>mysqli_set_character_set_name</function> function sets the default
     character set (specified by the <parameter>charset</parameter> parameter) to be 
     used when sending data from and to the database server  
     represented by the <parameter>link</parameter> parameter.
    </para>
    <note>
     <para>
      To use this function on a Windows platform you need MySQL client library version 4.1.11 
      or above (for MySQL 5.0 you need 5.0.6 or above)
     </para>
    </note>
   </refsect1>
   <refsect1>
    &reftitle.returnvalues;
    <para>
     &return.success;
    </para>
   </refsect1>
   <refsect1>
    &reftitle.seealso;
    <para>
     <function>mysqli_character_set_name</function>&listendand;
     <function>mysqli_real_escape_string</function>.
    </para>
   </refsect1>
   <refsect1>
    &reftitle.examples;
    <example>
     <title>Object oriented style</title>
     <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "test");

/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
    printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
    exit();
}

/* change character set to utf8 */
if ($mysqli->set_character_set_name("utf8")) {
    printf("Error loading character set utf8: %s\n", $mysql->error);
} else {
	printf("Current character set: %s\n", $mysqli->character_set_name());
}

$mysqli->close();
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    </example>
    <example>
     <title>Procedural style</title>
     <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "test");

/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
    printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
    exit();
}

/* change character set to utf8 */
if (mysqli_set_character_set_name($link, "utf8")) {
    printf("Error loading character set utf8: %s\n", mysqli_error($link));
} else {
	printf("Current character set: %s\n", mysqli_character_set_name($link));
}

mysqli_close($link);
?>
]]>
     </programlisting>
    </example>
    &example.outputs;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
Current character set: utf8
]]>
    </screen>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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