(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)
mysqli::get_charset -- mysqli_get_charset — Returns a character set object
Object-oriented style
Procedural style
Returns a character set object providing several properties of the current active character set.
mysqlProcedural style only: A mysqli object returned by mysqli_connect() or mysqli_init()
The function returns a character set object with the following properties:
charsetCharacter set name
collationCollation name
dirDirectory the charset description was fetched from (?) or "" for built-in character sets
min_lengthMinimum character length in bytes
max_lengthMaximum character length in bytes
numberInternal character set number
stateCharacter set status (?)
Example #1 mysqli::get_charset() example
Object-oriented style
<?php
$db = mysqli_init();
$db->real_connect("localhost","root","","test");
var_dump($db->get_charset());
?>Procedural style
<?php
$db = mysqli_init();
mysqli_real_connect($db, "localhost","root","","test");
var_dump(mysqli_get_charset($db));
?>The above examples will output:
object(stdClass)#2 (7) {
["charset"]=>
string(6) "latin1"
["collation"]=>
string(17) "latin1_swedish_ci"
["dir"]=>
string(0) ""
["min_length"]=>
int(1)
["max_length"]=>
int(1)
["number"]=>
int(8)
["state"]=>
int(801)
}