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PHP mysqli get_charset() Function

PHP MySQLi Reference : Return a character set object, with several properties

Definition and Usage

The get_charset() / mysqli_get_charset() function returns a character set object with several properties for the current character set.

Syntax

Object oriented style:

$mysqli -> get_charset()

Procedural style:

mysqli_get_charset(connection);

Parameter Values

Parameter	Description
connection	Required. Specifies the MySQL connection to use

Technical Details

Return Value:	Returns a character set object with the following properties: charset - character set name collation - collation name dir - directory the charset was fetched from or "" min_length - min character length in bytes max_length - max character length in bytes number - internal character set number state - character set status
PHP Version:	5.1+

Example - Procedural style

Return a character set object, with several properties:

<?php
$con = mysqli_connect("localhost","my_user","my_password","my_db");

if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
exit();
}

var_dump(mysqli_get_charset($con));

mysqli_close($con);
?>

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