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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
<refentry id="function.mysqli-set-charset">
<refnamediv>
<refname>mysqli_set_charset</refname>
<refname>mysqli->set_charset</refname>
<refpurpose>Sets the default client character set</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<methodsynopsis>
<type>bool</type><methodname>mysqli_set_charset</methodname>
<methodparam><type>mysqli</type><parameter>link</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>charset</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
The <function>mysqli_set_charset</function> function sets the default
character set (specified by the <parameter>charset</parameter> parameter) to be
used when sending data from and to the database server
represented by the <parameter>link</parameter> parameter.
</para>
<note>
<para>
To use this function on a Windows platform you need MySQL client library version 4.1.11
or above (for MySQL 5.0 you need 5.0.6 or above). It can be downloaded at
<ulink url="&url.mysql.download.lib;">&url.mysql.download.lib;</ulink>.
</para>
</note>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
&return.success;
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<function>mysqli_character_set_name</function>&listendand;
<function>mysqli_real_escape_string</function>.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
&reftitle.examples;
<example>
<title>Object oriented style</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "test");
/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
}
/* change character set to utf8 */
if (!$mysqli->set_charset("utf8")) {
printf("Error loading character set utf8: %s\n", $mysqli->error);
} else {
printf("Current character set: %s\n", $mysqli->character_set_name());
}
$mysqli->close();
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
<example>
<title>Procedural style</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$link = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'my_user', 'my_password', 'test');
/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
}
/* change character set to utf8 */
if (!mysqli_set_charset($link, "utf8")) {
printf("Error loading character set utf8: %s\n", mysqli_error($link));
} else {
printf("Current character set: %s\n", mysqli_character_set_name($link));
}
mysqli_close($link);
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
Current character set: utf8
]]>
</screen>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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