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Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:00:30 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [PATCH] patch to make mysql select correct encoding
	on client libraries.
From: php@hristov.com (Andrey Hristov)

Hi,
the patch did not go through :(

Andrey

Quoting scuzzy <scuzzy@reverseorder.net>:

> Hi,
> I've attached a patch, that will allow people to be able to change the client
> default encoding type, as this was not possible before. I looked through the
> php mysql client source, and found no traces of something that could actually
> set the default client encoding type.
> basically mysql_options(&myHadle, MYSQL_SET_CHARSET_NAME, "utf8"); or 
> whatever
> charset you choose.
> It reads the option from the php.ini file, which I've also patched to include
> the line required, but is commented by default:
> ; mysql.default_character_set = "utf8"
>
> When it's commented, it falls back to the mysql client library 
> default of latin1.
> I've read a few forums, and this is apparently a common problem, and I just
> thought I'd lend a hand to help you guys out. I'm sure you get inundated with
> stuff like this all the time.
> Anyway. Take a look at the patch, it's really simple, but it helped us out as
> a company quite a lot. (www.complinet.com)
> I hope it helps.
> Thanks
> Daine Mamacos.
>
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