#49363 [Opn->Ver]: [DE] wrong encoding

ID: 49363 Updated by: wiesemann@php.net -Summary: Missing information Reported By: admin at mysqldumper dot de -Status: Open +Status: Verified Bug Type: Translation problem Operating System: Win XP PHP Version: Irrelevant -Assigned To: +Assigned To: wiesemann Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-08-25 16:49:22] admin at mysqldumper dot de Description: ------------ The manual states: "Note: This is the preferred way to change the charset. Using mysql_query() to execute SET NAMES .. is not recommended. " I am missing any technical explanation here why this is recommended. Sending "SET NAMES 'charset'" via mysql_query() always worked fine on many different servers for me. So I want to know more detailed what is the disadvantage and what is the advantage using mysql-set-charset(). Funnily the German translation page of mysql_set_charset has some incorrectly encoded German umlauts on the page. e.x.: "Setzt den Standardzeichensatz für die angegebene Verbindung. " instead of "Setzt den Standardzeichensatz für die angegebene Verbindung." Reproduce code: --------------- --- From manual page: function.mysql-set-charset --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=49363&edit=1