mysql_client_encoding

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mysql_client_encoding — Returns the name of the character set

Version:
(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5)

Syntax :
string mysql_client_encoding ([resource $link_identifier])

Description :

The mysql_client_encoding() function returns the name of the character set for the current connection.
$link_identifier
Optional. Specifies the MySQL connection. If not specified, the last connection opened by mysql_connect() or

mysql_pconnect() is used.

Return Values:
Returns the default character set name for the current connection.

Example mysql_client_encoding():

<?php
$con = mysql_connect("localhost","user","password");
if (!$con)
{
die("Could not connect: " . mysql_error());
}
$result = mysql_client_encoding($con);
echo "The current character set is: $result";
mysql_close($con);
?>

The above example will output something similar to:
The current character set is: latin1

<?
function mysql_client_encoding($con = NULL)
{
$con = mysql_resolve_link($con);
return mysql_character_set_name($con);
}
?>

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