mysql_client_encoding
    (PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5)
mysql_client_encoding -- Returns the name of the character set
Description
string 
mysql_client_encoding ( [resource link_identifier] )
   Retrieves the character_set variable from MySQL.
  
Parameters
   
- 
link_identifier
 The MySQL connection. If the 
link identifier is not specified, the last link opened by 
mysql_connect() is assumed. If no such link is found, it
will try to create one as if mysql_connect() was called
with no arguments. If by chance no connection is found or established, an
E_WARNING level warning is generated.
 
  Return Values
   Returns the default character set name for the current connection.
  
Examples
   
Example 1. mysql_client_encoding() example 
<?php $link    = mysql_connect('localhost', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password'); $charset = mysql_client_encoding($link);
  echo "The current character set is: $charset\n"; ?>
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 The above example will output 
something similar to: The current character set is: latin1  |  
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