PHP mysqli_set_charset() Function

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Definition and Usage

The mysqli_set_charset() function is used to specify the default character set to send data to the database server from mysqli client.

Syntax

mysqli_set_charset($con, charset)

Parameters

Return Values

The mysqli_set_charset() function returns true if incase of success and false if failed.

PHP Version

This function was first introduced in PHP Version 5 and works works in all the later versions.

Example

Following example demonstrates the usage of the mysqli_set_charset() function (in procedural style) −

<?php
   //Creating a connection
   $con = mysqli_connect("localhost", "root", "password", "mydb");
   //Name of the character set
   $res = mysqli_set_charset($con, "utf8");
   print_r($res);
   //Closing the connection
   mysqli_close($con);
?>

This will produce following result −

1

Example

In object oriented style the syntax of this function is $con->set_charset(); Following is the example of this function in object oriented style $minus;

<?php
   $con = new mysqli("localhost", "root", "password", "test");
   //Name of the character set
   $res = $con->set_charset("utf8");
   print($res);
   //Closing the connection
   $con -> close();

?>

This will produce following result −

1

Example

<?php
   $connection_mysql = mysqli_connect("localhost","root","password","mydb");
   
   if (mysqli_connect_errno($connection_mysql)){
      echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
   }
   
   mysqli_set_charset($connection_mysql,"utf8");
   
   echo mysqli_character_set_name($connection_mysql);
   
   mysqli_close($connection_mysql);  
?>

This will produce following result −

utf8