wpdb::set_charset() │ public │ WP 3.1.0

Sets the connection's character set.

Method of the class: wpdb{}

No Hooks.

Return

null. Nothing (null).

Usage

global $wpdb;
$wpdb->set_charset( $dbh, $charset, $collate );

$dbh(mysqli) (required)

The connection returned by mysqli_connect().

$charset(string)

The character set.
Default: null

$collate(string)

The collation.
Default: null

Changelog

wpdb::set_charset() wpdb::set charset code ^{WP 6.5.2}

public function set_charset( $dbh, $charset = null, $collate = null ) {
	if ( ! isset( $charset ) ) {
		$charset = $this->charset;
	}
	if ( ! isset( $collate ) ) {
		$collate = $this->collate;
	}
	if ( $this->has_cap( 'collation' ) && ! empty( $charset ) ) {
		$set_charset_succeeded = true;

		if ( function_exists( 'mysqli_set_charset' ) && $this->has_cap( 'set_charset' ) ) {
			$set_charset_succeeded = mysqli_set_charset( $dbh, $charset );
		}

		if ( $set_charset_succeeded ) {
			$query = $this->prepare( 'SET NAMES %s', $charset );
			if ( ! empty( $collate ) ) {
				$query .= $this->prepare( ' COLLATE %s', $collate );
			}
			mysqli_query( $dbh, $query );
		}
	}
}