Hello and thanks for your help, However, my question was: *how* is it package dependent? You said that it uses libmysql. In this case, which file controls the configuration of libmysql? Or is it at compilation time that the choice is made? I know that to be of the safe side, I should explicitly set the character set. Jean-Noel On 5/2/07, Georg Richter <georg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Jean-Noël Rivasseau wrote: > Hello there, > > I'd like to know which configuration file or setting is used by PHP mysqli > extension to know the default charset connection to the database. mysqli (and also mysql) extension uses the default character set for libmysql This can be package dependend: Several distros deliver utf8 as default, others latin1. To be on the safe side, you should call mysqli_set_charset($link, "utf8/latin1/whatever) to set the character set for each connection. /Georg -- Georg Richter, Development Manager - Connectors & Client Connectivity MySQL GmbH, Radlkoferstr. 2, D-81373 München, www.mysql.com Geschäftsführer: Hans von Bell, Kaj Arnö - HRB München 162140
