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| mysqli_character_set_name mysqli_character_set_name    (PHP 5) mysqli_character_set_name     (no version information, might be only in CVS) mysqli->character_set_name -- Returns the default character set for the database connectionDescriptionProcedural style: string mysqli_character_set_name  ( mysqli link ) Object oriented style (method): class mysqli  {  string character_set_name  ( void  ) } 
   Returns the current character set for the database connection specified by the
   link parameter.
  Return ValuesThe default character set for the current connectionExamples| Example 1. Object oriented style | 
<?php/* Open a connection */
 $mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
 
 /* check connection */
 if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
 printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
 exit();
 }
 
 /* Print current character set */
 $charset = $mysqli->character_set_name();
 printf ("Current character set is %s\n", $charset);
 
 $mysqli->close();
 ?>
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 | Example 2. Procedural style | 
<?php/* Open a connection */
 $link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
 
 /* check connection */
 if (!$link) {
 printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
 exit();
 }
 
 /* Print current character set */
 $charset = mysqli_character_set_name($link);
 printf ("Current character set is %s\n",$charset);
 
 /* close connection */
 mysqli_close($link);
 ?>
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 The above example will output: | Current character set is latin1_swedish_ci | 
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