#37867 [NEW]: MySQL extension lacks charset function

From: yu at nic dot fujitsu dot com Operating system: NetBSD 3.0 PHP version: 4.4.2 PHP Bug Type: MySQL related Bug description: MySQL extension lacks charset function Description: ------------ MySQL4.1 and MySQL5 have a function, mysql_set_character_set(), which sets up MySQL internal character set. To set MySQL character set correctly both in client-side and in server-side, calling this function is the only right way after the connection is created (by mysql_real_connect()). It is not right to call "set names" SQL statement by mysql_query, because this call sets only in server-side charset. To set up client-side charset, mysql_set_character_set() is needed. But PHP4.4.2 and 5.1.4 have no interface to call this function. (There is another way to set charset correctly. Calling mysql_options() with MYSQL_SET_CHARSET_NAME before mysql_real_connect() do the same thing internally. But PHP4.4.2 and 5.1.4 don't have this interface.) -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=37867&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37867&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37867&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37867&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37867&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37867&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37867&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37867&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37867&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37867&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37867&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37867&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37867&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37867&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37867&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37867&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37867&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37867&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37867&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37867&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37867&r=mysqlcfg