maxdb_character_set_name maxdb->character_set_name Returns the default character set for the database connection &reftitle.description; Procedural style: stringmaxdb_character_set_name resourcelink Object oriented style (method): maxdb string character_set_name Returns the current character set for the database connection specified by the link parameter. &reftitle.returnvalues; The default character set for the current connection, either ascii or unicode. &reftitle.examples; character_set_name(); printf ("Current character set is %s\n", $charset); $maxdb->close(); ?> ]]> ]]> The above examples would be produce the following output: &reftitle.seealso; maxdb_client_encoding maxdb_real_escape_string