bind_textdomain_codeset Specify or get the character encoding in which the messages from the DOMAIN message catalog will be returned &reftitle.description; stringfalsebind_textdomain_codeset stringdomain stringnullcodeset bind_textdomain_codeset allows to set or get the encoding in which messages from domain will be returned by gettext and similar functions. &reftitle.parameters; domain The domain. codeset The code set. If &null;, the currently set encoding is returned. &reftitle.returnvalues; A string on success. &reftitle.changelog; &Version; &Description; 8.0.3 codeset is nullable now. Previously, it was not possible to retrieve the currently set encoding. &reftitle.notes; The bind_textdomain_codeset information is maintained per process, not per thread.