(PHP 5 >= 5.0.5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
mysqli::set_charset -- mysqli_set_charset — Sets the client character set
Object-oriented style
Procedural style
Sets the character set to be used when sending data from and to the database server.
mysqlProcedural style only: A mysqli object returned by mysqli_connect() or mysqli_init()
charsetThe desired character set.
If mysqli error reporting is enabled (MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR) and the requested operation fails, a warning is generated. If, in addition, the mode is set to MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT, a mysqli_sql_exception is thrown instead.
Example #1 mysqli::set_charset() example
Object-oriented style
<?php
mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "test");
printf("Initial character set: %s\n", $mysqli->character_set_name());
$mysqli->set_charset("utf8mb4");
printf("Current character set: %s\n", $mysqli->character_set_name());Procedural style
<?php
mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
$link = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'my_user', 'my_password', 'test');
printf("Initial character set: %s\n", mysqli_character_set_name($link));
mysqli_set_charset($link, "utf8mb4");
printf("Current character set: %s\n", mysqli_character_set_name($link));The above examples will output something similar to:
Initial character set: latin1 Current character set: utf8mb4
Note:
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).
Note:
This is the preferred way to change the charset. Using mysqli_query() to set it (such as
SET NAMES utf8) is not recommended. See the MySQL character set concepts section for more information.