PHP - Function MySQLi Character Set Name

Syntax

mysqli_character_set_name(connection);

Definition and Usage

It is returns default character set for the database connection

Return Values

It returns default character set for the database connection

Parameters

Example

Try out the following example

<?php
   $connection = mysqli_connect("localhost","user","password","db");
   
   if (mysqli_connect_errno($connection)){
      echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
   }
   
   $charset = mysqli_character_set_name($connection);
   echo "Default character set is: " . $charset;
   
   mysqli_close($connection);
?>