pg_client_encoding Gets the client encoding &reftitle.description; stringpg_client_encoding resourceconnection PostgreSQL supports automatic character set conversion between server and client for certain character sets. pg_client_encoding returns the client encoding as a string. The returned string will be one of the standard PostgreSQL encoding identifiers. This function requires PHP 4.0.3 or higher and PostgreSQL 7.0 or higher. If libpq is compiled without multibyte encoding support, pg_client_encoding always returns SQL_ASCII. Supported encoding depends on PostgreSQL version. Refer to the PostgreSQL Documentation supported encodings. The function used to be called pg_clientencoding. &reftitle.parameters; connection PostgreSQL database connection resource. When connection is not present, the default connection is used. The default connection is the last connection made by pg_connect or pg_pconnect. &reftitle.returnvalues; The client encoding, or &false; on error. &reftitle.examples; ]]> &example.outputs; &reftitle.seealso; pg_set_client_encoding