PHP mysqli_set_charset() Function

PHP mysqli_set_charset() function is used to set default client character set.

Syntax

bool mysqli_set_charset(connection,charset);

mysqli_set_charset() Function Parameter

Parameter	Description
connection :	Required parameter. The MySQL connection to be used
charset :	Required parameter. The charset to be set as default.

mysqli_set_charset() Function Return Value

Return Values :	Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

mysqli_set_charset() Function Example

<?php
$con = mysqli_connect("localhost","user","password","db");

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

echo "Initial character set: ". mysqli_character_set_name($con);

// change initial character set to utf8 
mysqli_set_charset($con, "utf8");

mysqli_close($con);
?>

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