From: Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant Package: MySQLi related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:add collation to mysqli::set_charset
Description: ------------ According to the docs, mysqli::set_charset "is the preferred way to change the charset. Using mysqli::query() to execute SET NAMES .. is not recommended." But when using the MySQLi extension, the only way to use a collation other than the default for a particular charset is to send a SET NAMES ... with a COLLATION clause. mysqli::set_charset should have a second (Optional) "string $collation" parameter to allow users to set the charset and collation without resorting to the 'not recommended' direct query method. When the optional parameter is not set, is null, casts to Boolean FALSE, or is an invalid choice for the charset passed in the first parameter, the connection should use the default collation for the selected charset. MySQL already handles error conditions relating to charset/collation mismatches, so there should be no great added overhead to the source code logic implementing the MySQLi function. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52267&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52267&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52267&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52267&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52267&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52267&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52267&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52267&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52267&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52267&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52267&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52267&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52267&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52267&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52267&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52267&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52267&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52267&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52267&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52267&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52267&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52267&r=mysqlcfg
