mysqli_set_charset
mysqli->set_charset
(PHP 5 >= 5.0.5)
mysqli->set_charset — Sets the default client character set
Description
Procedural style:
Object oriented style (method):
Sets the default character set to be used when sending data from and to the database server.
Parameters
- link
-
Procedural style only: A link identifier returned by mysqli_connect() or mysqli_init()
- charset
-
The charset to be set as default.
Return Values
Geeft TRUE terug bij succes, FALSE indien er een fout is opgetreden.
Notes
Note: 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). It can be downloaded at » https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/php/.
Voorbeelden
Example#1 Object oriented style
<?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_charset("utf8")) {
printf("Error loading character set utf8: %s\n", $mysqli->error);
} else {
printf("Current character set: %s\n", $mysqli->character_set_name());
}
$mysqli->close();
?>
Example#2 Procedural style
<?php
$link = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'my_user', 'my_password', 'test');
/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
}
/* change character set to utf8 */
if (!mysqli_set_charset($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);
?>
Het resultaat van dit script is als volgt:
Current character set: utf8