How to set MySQL connection charset with PHP?
php mysql charset character setting encoding
<?
// Connect and select database:
$link = mysql_connect($host, $user, $pass);
$db_selected = mysql_select_db($name, $link);
// Create function:
if (function_exists('mysql_set_charset') === false) {
/**
* Sets the client character set.
* Note: This function requires MySQL 5.0.7 or later.
* @see http://www.php.net/mysql-set-charset
* @param string $charset A valid character set name
* @param resource $link_identifier The MySQL connection
* @return TRUE on success or FALSE on failure
*/
function mysql_set_charset($charset, $link_identifier = null)
{
if ($link_identifier == null) {
return mysql_query('SET NAMES "'.$charset.'"');
} else {
return mysql_query('SET NAMES "'.$charset.'"', $link_identifier);
}
}
}
// Set charset
mysql_set_charset( "cp1251" );
?>
2008-09-19, Uzaren
