(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
mysqli::character_set_name -- mysqli_character_set_name — Returns the current character set of the database connection
Object-oriented style
Procedural style
Returns the current character set of the database connection.
mysql
Procedural style only: A mysqli object returned by mysqli_connect() or mysqli_init()
The current character set of the connection
Example #1 mysqli::character_set_name() example
Object-oriented style
<?phpmysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");/* Set the default character set */$mysqli->set_charset('utf8mb4');/* Print current character set */$charset = $mysqli->character_set_name();printf("Current character set is %s\n", $charset);
Procedural style
<?phpmysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);$mysqli = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");/* Set the default character set */mysqli_set_charset($mysqli, 'utf8mb4');/* Print current character set */$charset = mysqli_character_set_name($mysqli);printf("Current character set is %s\n", $charset);
The above examples will output:
Current character set is utf8mb4