Php/docs/function.pg-set-client-encoding
pg_set_client_encoding
(PHP 4 >= 4.0.3, PHP 5, PHP 7)
pg_set_client_encoding — Set the client encoding
Description
pg_set_client_encoding
([ resource $connection
], string $encoding
) : int
pg_set_client_encoding() sets the client encoding and returns 0 if success or -1 if error.
PostgreSQL will automatically convert data in the backend database encoding into the frontend encoding.
Note:
The function used to be called pg_setclientencoding().
Parameters
connectionPostgreSQL database connection resource. When
connectionis not present, the default connection is used. The default connection is the last connection made by pg_connect() or pg_pconnect().encodingThe required client encoding. One of
SQL_ASCII,EUC_JP,EUC_CN,EUC_KR,EUC_TW,UNICODE,MULE_INTERNAL,LATINX(X=1...9),KOI8,WIN,ALT,SJIS,BIG5orWIN1250.The exact list of available encodings depends on your PostgreSQL version, so check your PostgreSQL manual for a more specific list.
Return Values
Returns 0 on success or -1 on error.
Examples
Example #1 pg_set_client_encoding() example
<?php$conn = pg_pconnect("dbname=publisher");if (!$conn) { echo "An error occurred.\n"; exit;}// Set the client encoding to UNICODE. Data will be automatically// converted from the backend encoding to the frontend.pg_set_client_encoding($conn, "UNICODE");$result = pg_query($conn, "SELECT author, email FROM authors");if (!$result) { echo "An error occurred.\n"; exit;}// Write out UTF-8 datawhile ($row = pg_fetch_row($result)) { echo "Author: $row[0] E-mail: $row[1]"; echo "<br />\n";} ?>
