Re: mysql_set_charset
| From: | Hannes Magnusson | Date: | Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:29:12 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: mysql_set_charset | ||
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On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 16:17, Ulf Wendel <ulf.wendel@phpdoc.de> wrote:
> He explained to me that using SET NAMES is what is not recommended when
> using libmysql because:
>
> - there is no verification if the client knows the charset
> - the internal mysql->charset field will not be set properly
Is this something we should add to the mysql[i]_set_charset() docs?
I've seen *bunch* of people doing mysql[i]_query("SET NAMES UTF8");...
-Hannes