# mysql_client_encoding

(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5, PECL mysql:1.0)

mysql_client_encoding — Returns the name of the character set

### Description

string mysql_client_encoding ([ resource `$link_identifier` ] )

Retrieves the character_set variable from MySQL.

### Parameters

`link_identifier`

  The MySQL connection. If the link identifier is not specified, the last link opened by mysql_connect() is assumed. If no such link is found, it will try to create one as if mysql_connect() was called with no arguments. If by chance no connection is found or established, an `E_WARNING` level warning is generated.

### Return Values

Returns the default character set name for the current connection.

### Examples

Example#1 mysql_client_encoding() example

`<?php
$link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password');
$charset = mysql_client_encoding($link);
echo "The current character set is: $charset\n";
?>`

The above example will output something similar to:

    The current character set is: latin1

### See Also

- mysql_real_escape_string()