Doc #52453 [Ver->Csd]: Connection charset seems arbitrary

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52453&edit=1 ID: 52453 Updated by: kalle@php.net Reported by: jeroen at asystance dot nl Summary: Connection charset seems arbitrary -Status: Verified +Status: Closed Type: Documentation Problem Package: Documentation problem Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 5.3.3 -Assigned To: +Assigned To: kalle Block user comment: N New Comment: This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-10-24 22:45:36] kalle@php.net Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of kalle Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=304709 Log: Fixed #52453 (Connection charset seems arbitrary) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-08-18 12:44:52] andrey@php.net the doc team should take over this one ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-08-18 12:44:19] andrey@php.net You can overwrite the charset, when using mysqlnd, by calling mysqli_options on a connection created with mysqli_init() but still not connected with mysqli_real_connect(). In this case mysqlnd won't assume the server default charset. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-08-13 12:43:18] jeroen at asystance dot nl A ha! That's exactly the documentation I was looking for online. I've changed the type to "documentation problem" and think the proper way to resolve this bug is to add this documentation. I was using mysqlnd by the way (standard setting on ubuntu I guess). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-08-13 12:00:27] andrey@php.net Are you using mysqlnd or libmysql. Libmysql uses its default charset, or set in my.cnf or by explicit call to mysqli_options before calling mysqli_real_connect, but after mysqli_init(). If you use mysqlnd, in this case mysqlnd always assumes the server default charset. This charset is sent during connection hand-shake/authentication and mysqlnd assumes it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52453 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52453&edit=1