Question

If I use odbc functions to connect to a database in PHP, How can I get or set the database character encoding? is there a function in PHP that I can use to do that?

An example of the odbc functions used in php script

<?php

//Connecting To The Database and getting $conn Variable       
$conn = odbc_connect("database","username","password");

//Connection Check
if (!$conn)
{
echo "Database Connection Error: " . $conn;
}

$sqlResults = "SELECT EmpID AS EmployeeID, EmpName AS EmployeeName FROM Emp ORDER BY EmpName ASC";

$rsResults = odbc_exec($conn,$sqlResults);

if (!$rsResults)
{
echo "No Data Avialable";
}                                   
else
{

while ( odbc_fetch_row($rsResults) )
{

$EmployeeID   = odbc_result($rsResults,"EmployeeID");
$EmployeeName = odbc_result($rsResults,"EmployeeName");

//Printing the output
echo '<p>'. $EmpolyeeID . ' , ' . $EmployeeName . '</p>';              
}

}

//Closing The Database
odbc_close($conn);

?>

Answer 1

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