(PECL mysqlnd-uh >= 1.0.0-alpha)
MysqlndUhConnection::setCharset — Sets the default client character set
$connection
   , string $charset
   )Sets the default client character set.
connectionMysqlnd connection handle. Do not modify!
charsetThe charset to be set as default.
   Returns TRUE on success.
   Otherwise, returns FALSE
  
Example #1 MysqlndUhConnection::setCharset() example
<?php
class proxy extends MysqlndUhConnection {
 public function setCharset($res, $charset) {
  printf("%s(%s)\n", __METHOD__, var_export(func_get_args(), true));
  $ret = parent::setCharset($res, $charset);
  printf("%s returns %s\n", __METHOD__, var_export($ret, true));
  return $ret;
 }
}
mysqlnd_uh_set_connection_proxy(new proxy());
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "root", "", "test");
$mysqli->set_charset("latin1");
?>
The above example will output:
proxy::setCharset(array ( 0 => NULL, 1 => 'latin1', )) proxy::setCharset returns true