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

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<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.maxdb-character-set-name">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>maxdb_character_set_name</refname>
  <refname>maxdb::character_set_name</refname>
  <refpurpose>Returns the default character set for the database connection</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <para>Procedural style:</para>
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>string</type><methodname>maxdb_character_set_name</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>link</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>&style.oop;</para>
  <classsynopsis>
   <ooclass><classname>maxdb</classname></ooclass>
   <methodsynopsis>
    <type>string</type>
    <methodname>character_set_name</methodname>
    <void />
   </methodsynopsis>
  </classsynopsis>
  <para>
   Returns the current character set for the database connection specified by the
   <parameter>link</parameter> parameter.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>The default character set for the current connection, either ascii or unicode.</para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <example>
   <title>Object oriented style</title>
   <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
/* Open a connection */
$maxdb = new maxdb("localhost", "MONA", "RED", "DEMODB");

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

/* Print current character set */
$charset = $maxdb->character_set_name();
printf ("Current character set is %s\n", $charset);

$maxdb->close();
?>
]]>
  </programlisting>
  </example>
  <example>
   <title>Procedural style</title>
   <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$link = maxdb_connect("localhost", "MONA", "RED", "DEMODB");

/* check connection */
if (!$link) {
   printf("Connect failed: %s\n", maxdb_connect_error());
   exit();
}

/* Print current character set */
$charset = maxdb_character_set_name($link);
printf ("Current character set is %s\n",$charset);

/* close connection */
maxdb_close($link);
?>
]]>
   </programlisting>
  </example>
  &example.outputs.similar;
  <screen>
<![CDATA[
Current character set is ascii
]]>
  </screen>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>maxdb_client_encoding</function></member>
    <member><function>maxdb_real_escape_string</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>

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