PHP | mysqli_character_set_name() Function

Hello folks! welcome back to a new edition of our tutorial on PHP. In this tutorial guide, we are going to be studying about the PHP mysqli_character_set_name() Function.

The mysqli_character_set_name() function returns the name of the default character set of the current database connection.

Syntax

Following below is the syntax to use this function -

mysqli_character_set_name($con)

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Parameter Details

Sr.No	Parameter & Description
1	con(Mandatory) This is an object representing a connection to MySQL Server.

Return Value

This built-in PHP function returns a string value representing the name of the current character set.

PHP Version

This built-in function was first introduced in PHP version 5 and it works in all of the later versions.

Example1

Following example illustrates the usage of the mysqli_character_set_name() function (in a procedural style) -

//Creating a connection
$con = mysqli_connect("localhost", "root", "password", "mydb");
//Name of the character set
$res = mysqli_character_set_name($con);
print($res);
//Closing the connection
mysqli_close($con);
?>

Output

When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -

utf8

Example2

In an object oriented style the syntax of this function is $con->character_set_name(); The following is the example of this function in an object oriented style $minus;

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

Output

When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -

utf8

Example3

Try the following example below -

<?php
  $connection = mysqli_connect("localhost","root","password","mydb");
   
   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);
?>

Output

When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -

Default character set is: utf8

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Alright guys! This is where we are rounding up for this tutorial post. In our next tutorial, we are going to be studying about the PHP mysqli_close() Function.

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