#37867 [Opn->WFx]: MySQL extension lacks charset function

ID: 37867 Updated by: georg@php.net Reported By: yu at nic dot fujitsu dot com -Status: Open +Status: Wont fix Bug Type: MySQL related Operating System: NetBSD 3.0 PHP Version: 4.4.2 New Comment: To use the features of MySQL 4.1 and above you should use the mysqli extension, which has mysqli_set_charset function. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-06-21 04:14:20] yu at nic dot fujitsu dot com 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 this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=37867&edit=1