note 89593 added to ref.pdo-mysql.connection

Even though pdo_mysql accepts an additional "charset" parameter in the DSN (see mysql_driver.c:442), as of PHP 5.2.9 it does not do anything with it. A possible workaround to set the charset to UTF-8, for example, could be: <?php $dbh = new PDO("mysql:$connstr", $user, $password); $dbh -> exec("set names utf8"); ?> ---- Server IP: 83.137.20.135 Probable Submitter: 82.139.118.133 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.pdo-mysql.connection.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/89593 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/89593/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/89593/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/89593/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/89593/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/89593/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/89593/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/89593 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/89593 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php