pg_client_encoding()

pg_client_encoding - Gets the client encoding

Syntax

string pg_client_encoding (resource $connection)

Arguments

• connection - PostgreSQL database connection resource. When connection is not present, the default connection is used. The default connection is the last connection made by pg_connect() or pg_pconnect().

Description

PostgreSQL supports automatic character set conversion between server and client for certain character sets. pg_client_encoding() returns the client encoding as a string. The returned string will be one of the standard PostgreSQL encoding identifiers.

Version

PHP 4.0.3, 5

Return value

The client encoding, or FALSE on error.