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maxdb_character_set_name

(no version information, might be only in CVS)

maxdb->character_set_name -- Returns the default character set for the database connection

Description

Procedural style:

string maxdb_character_set_name ( resource link )

Object oriented style (method):

class maxdb {

string character_set_name ( void )

}

Returns the current character set for the database connection specified by the link parameter.

Return values

The default character set for the current connection, either ascii or unicode.

See also

maxdb_client_encoding(). maxdb_real_escape_string().

Example

Example 1. Object oriented style

<?php
/* Open a connection */
$maxdb = new maxdb("localhost", "MONA", "RED", "DEMODB");

/* check connection */
if (maxdb_connect_errno()) {
   printf("Connect failed: %s\n", maxdb_connect_error());
   exit();
}

/* Print current character set */
$charset = $maxdb->character_set_name();
printf ("Current character set is %s\n", $charset);

$maxdb->close();
?>

Example 2. Procedural style

<?php
$link = maxdb_connect("localhost", "MONA", "RED", "DEMODB");

/* check connection */
if (!$link) {
   printf("Connect failed: %s\n", maxdb_connect_error());
   exit();
}

/* Print current character set */
$charset = maxdb_character_set_name($link);
printf ("Current character set is %s\n",$charset);

/* close connection */
maxdb_close($link);
?>

The above examples would be produce the following output: 

Current character set is ascii
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