Re: mysqli_fetch_field() mysqlnd & libmysql differences

Hi Johannes and Ulf: On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 09:56:00PM -0500, Daniel Convissor wrote: > Hi Johannes: > > > We have to live with the information the server gives us. The server > > gives us the information in bytes. And frankly in PHP a string has no > > encoding information, so in many cases that is a good answer. But > > nonetheless the documentation should be improved/fixed. > > Further experimenting reveals that libmysql has the same behavior of > multiplying the length of string fields by 3 when the character set is > set to "utf8". > > A related problem was found by the test script. libmysql is completely > ignoring the character set information in my.cnf. Plus, if one forces a > character set by calling options(SET NAMES utf8) before connecting, > character_set_name() still returns unexpected information. > > Can you please take a look at this test script: > > http://www.analysisandsolutions.com/php/libmysql.ignoring.character.set.php Can one of you please examine why libmysql is not acting as documented and reply here in the near future? Thanks, --Dan -- T H E A N A L Y S I S A N D S O L U T I O N S C O M P A N Y data intensive web and database programming http://www.AnalysisAndSolutions.com/ 4015 7th Ave #4, Brooklyn NY 11232 v: 718-854-0335 f: 718-854-0409