CODEWITHSUNDEEP
phpmysqlpdo
Tani Partner
Tani Partner

Reputation: 117

How to Set Character Set in PDO

i've some issue with setting character set in pdo. Below is my connection code :-

private function Connect()
{
    $this->settings = parse_ini_file("settings.ini.php");
    //$dsn = 'mysql:dbname='.$this->settings["dbname"].';host='.$this->settings["host"].'';
    $dsn = 'mysql:dbname=' . $this->settings["dbname"] . ';host=' . $this->settings["host"] .';charset=utf8'. ';connect_timeout=15';
    try 
    {       
        # Read settings from INI file, set UTF8
        $this->pdo = new PDO($dsn, $this->settings["user"], $this->settings["password"], array(PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND => "SET NAMES utf8"));

        # We can now log any exceptions on Fatal error. 
        $this->pdo->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);

        # Disable emulation of prepared statements, use REAL prepared statements instead.
        $this->pdo->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES, false);

        # Connection succeeded, set the boolean to true.
        $this->bConnected = true;
    }
    catch (PDOException $e) 
    {
        # Write into log
        echo $this->ExceptionLog($e->getMessage());
        die();
    }
}

I am inserting french character as céréales but it is storing as céréales in DB. Anyone know how to set character set to utf8 in pdo?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 5624

Answers (1)

the_nuts
the_nuts

Reputation: 6064

You are already setting the utf8 charset in the connection string. You don't have to send another query like "SET NAMES 'uft8'".

You just have to make sure that:

  • Mysql table and field are utf8 (like uft8_general_ci)

  • Input data is utf-8

The array(PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND => "SET NAMES utf8") is also useless. This is the faster way to set all your parameters:

$this->pdo = new PDO('mysql:host='.$this->settings["host"].';dbname='.$this->settings["dbname"].';
      charset=utf8;connect_timeout=15', $this->settings["user"], $this->settings["password"], 
      array(PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES => false, PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE => PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION));

Upvotes: 1

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