<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Returns the default character set for the database connection</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.maxdb-change-user.html">maxdb_change_user</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.maxdb-client-encoding.html">maxdb_client_encoding</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.maxdb.html">MaxDB Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="function.maxdb-character-set-name" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">maxdb_character_set_name</h1> <h1 class="refname">maxdb::character_set_name</h1> <p class="verinfo">(PECL maxdb >= 1.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">maxdb_character_set_name</span> -- <span class="refname">maxdb::character_set_name</span> — <span class="dc-title">Returns the default character set for the database connection</span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.maxdb-character-set-name-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <p class="para">Procedural style</p> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>maxdb_character_set_name</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$link</code></span> )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment">Object oriented style</p> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>maxdb::character_set_name</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam">void</span> )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment"> Returns the current character set for the database connection specified by the <em><code class="parameter">link</code></em> parameter. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.maxdb-character-set-name-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="para">The default character set for the current connection, either ascii or unicode.</p> </div> <div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.maxdb-character-set-name-examples"> <h3 class="title">Examples</h3> <div class="example" id="example-1238"> <p><strong>Example #1 Object oriented style</strong></p> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* Open a connection */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$maxdb </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"localhost"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"MONA"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"RED"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"DEMODB"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* check connection */<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_connect_errno</span><span style="color: #007700">()) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Connect failed: %s\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_connect_error</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br /> exit();<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* Print current character set */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$charset </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$maxdb</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">character_set_name</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf </span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Current character set is %s\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$charset</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$maxdb</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">close</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> </div> <div class="example" id="example-1239"> <p><strong>Example #2 Procedural style</strong></p> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$link </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_connect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"localhost"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"MONA"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"RED"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"DEMODB"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* check connection */<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">if (!</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Connect failed: %s\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_connect_error</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br /> exit();<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* Print current character set */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$charset </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_character_set_name</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf </span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Current character set is %s\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">,</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$charset</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* close connection */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_close</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> </div> <p class="para">The above example will output something similar to:</p> <div class="example-contents screen"> <div class="cdata"><pre> Current character set is ascii </pre></div> </div> </div> <div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.maxdb-character-set-name-seealso"> <h3 class="title">See Also</h3> <p class="para"> <ul class="simplelist"> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.maxdb-client-encoding.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">maxdb_client_encoding()</a> - Alias of maxdb_character_set_name</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.maxdb-real-escape-string.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">maxdb_real_escape_string()</a> - Escapes special characters in a string for use in an SQL statement, taking into account the current charset of the connection</span></li> </ul> </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.maxdb-change-user.html">maxdb_change_user</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.maxdb-client-encoding.html">maxdb_client_encoding</a></div> <div class="up"><a 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