mysqli::get_charset

Definition and usage

get_charset() / mysqli_get_charset() function returns a character set object that contains multiple properties of the current character set.

Example

Example 1 - Object-Oriented Style

Returns a character set object containing multiple properties:

 <?php
$mysqli = new mysqli ( "localhost" , "my_user" , "my_password" , "my_db" ) ;

if ( $mysqli -> connect_errno ) {
  echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . $mysqli -> connect_error ;
  exit ( ) ;
}

var_dump ( $mysqli -> get_charset ( ) ) ;

$mysqli -> close ( ) ;
?>

Example 2 - Procedural Style

Returns a character set object containing multiple properties:

 <?php
$con = mysqli_connect ( "localhost" , "my_user" , "my_password" , "my_db" ) ;

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

var_dump ( mysqli_get_charset ( $con ) ) ;

mysqli_close ( $con ) ;
?>