How set UTF-8 in PDO class constructor for PHP PgSQL database

Question

I want to set UTF8 for my PDO object. This class works correctly with MySQL. I can\'t find an analog of array(PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND => \"SET NAMES UTF8\")

Answer 1

Let me point out the comment by xmedeko, that is absolute right:

pg_connect("host=localhost options='--client_encoding=UTF8'");

Source: http://php.net/manual/en/function.pg-connect.php

Using charset=utf8 is working (only) with mysql...

Answer 2

it is very easy to find an analog for the regular SQL query

$pdo->query("SET NAMES UTF8")

However, encoding have to be set in DSN anyway

$this->conn = new PDO("pgsql:host=".$this->host.";dbname=".$this->db.";charset=".$this->charset

Answer 3

From what I see in section 21.2.3 on this page, you can use one of the following two commands:

1. SET CLIENT_ENCODING TO 'value';
2. SET NAMES 'value';

where value = UTF8. Try using:

SET CLIENT_ENCODING TO 'UTF8';

or

SET NAMES 'UTF8';