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# mysqli::set_charset

# mysqli_set_charset

(PHP 5 >= 5.0.5)

mysqli::set_charset -- mysqli_set_charset — Sets the default client character set

### Descrição

Estilo orientado a objetos

bool mysqli::set_charset ( string `$charset` )

Estilo de procedimentos

bool mysqli_set_charset ( mysqli `$link` , string `$charset` )

Sets the default character set to be used when sending data from and to the database server.

### Parâmetros

`link`

  Apenas para estilo de procedimento: Um identificador de conexão retornado por mysqli_connect() or mysqli_init()

`charset`

  The charset to be set as default.

### Valor Retornado

Retorna `TRUE` em caso de sucesso ou `FALSE` em falhas.

### Notas

> Nota: 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).

> Nota: This is the preferred way to change the charset. Using mysqli::query() to execute SET NAMES .. is not recommended.

### Exemplos

Exemplo #1 mysqli::set_charset example

Estilo orientado a objetos

`<?php
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "test");
/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
}
/* change character set to utf8 */
if (!$mysqli->set_charset("utf8")) {
printf("Error loading character set utf8: %s\n", $mysqli->error);
} else {
printf("Current character set: %s\n", $mysqli->character_set_name());
}
$mysqli->close();
?>`

Estilo de procedimentos

`<?php
$link = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'my_user', 'my_password', 'test');
/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
}
/* change character set to utf8 */
if (!mysqli_set_charset($link, "utf8")) {
printf("Error loading character set utf8: %s\n", mysqli_error($link));
} else {
printf("Current character set: %s\n", mysqli_character_set_name($link));
}
mysqli_close($link);
?>`

The above examples will output:

    Current character set: utf8

### Veja Também

- mysqli_character_set_name() - Retorna o conjunto de caracteres padrão para a conexão com o banco de dados
- mysqli_real_escape_string() - Escapes special characters in a string for use in an SQL statement, taking into account the current charset of the connection
- » List of character sets that MySQL supports

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