function set_charset($charset) { // check mysql version first. $serverVersion = mysql_get_server_info($this->dbh); $version = explode('.', $serverVersion); if ($version[0] < 4) return;
// check if utf8 support was compiled in $result = mysql_query("SHOW CHARACTER SET like 'utf8'", $this->dbh); if (mysql_num_rows($result) < = 0) return;