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# maxdb_character_set_name

(PECL)

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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