<?php require_once "connect.inc"; $mysql = new my_mysqli($host, $user, $passwd, $db, $port, $socket); $cs = array(); $cs[] = $mysql->set_charset("latin1"); $cs[] = $mysql->character_set_name(); $cs[] = $mysql->set_charset("utf8"); $cs[] = $mysql->character_set_name(); $cs[] = $mysql->set_charset("notdefined"); $cs[] = $mysql->character_set_name(); var_dump($cs); print "done!";