Question

I use the next code to retrieve data from a table in the database:

$check_sql = 'SELECT personID, name, DATE_FORMAT(persons.birthdate, '%d de %M, %Y'), birthplace, countryID FROM persons WHERE personID = ?';     if ($stmt->prepare($check_sql)) {         $stmt->bind_param('i', $pid);         $stmt->bind_result($personDB, $name, $birthdate, $birthplace, $countryID);         $stmt->execute();         $stmt->fetch();     } 

Like you can see, at the same time I format the date from the ‘birthdate’ column to a more friendly display using the DATE_FORMAT() MySQL function. Now, I want to display the month full names in Spanish, so I want to insert SET lc_time_names = 'es_ES' into the query..

How can I do it??? Can I add SET lc_time_names to the $check_sql variable??

Thanks!!

Answer 1

$mysqli = new mysqli('localhost', 'my_user', 'my_password', 'world'); $mysqli->query('SET lc_time_names = 'es_ES''); $check_sql = 'SELECT personID, name, DATE_FORMAT(persons.birthdate, '%d de %M, %Y'), birthplace, countryID FROM persons WHERE personID = ?';         if ($stmt = $mysqli->prepare($check_sql)) {                 $stmt->bind_param('i', $pid);                 $stmt->bind_result($personDB, $name, $birthdate, $birthplace, $countryID);                 $stmt->execute();                 $stmt->fetch();         }