===== Syntax =====

<code php>
string mysql_client_encoding([resource $res])
</code>

//(PHP 4 => 4.3.0, PHP 5)//

^ $res | The database connection resource that we want to modify. |
^ RETURNS | The name of the character set encoding used by the MySQL database. |

===== What it Does =====

This function returns the name of the character set encoding used by the MySQL database server.  Make sure you have established a connection to the database using [[mysql_connect]] before calling this function.

===== Example =====

<code php>
// open the mysql resource
$res = mysql_connect($server, $user, $pass);

// retrieve the mysql character encoding
$charset = mysql_client_encoding($res);
echo 'MySQL charset is ' . $charset;
</code>