API17:JDatabase::getCollation

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JDatabase::getCollation

Description

Method to get the database collation in use by sampling a text field of a table in the database.

public function getCollation ()

• Returns mixed The collation in use by the database or boolean false if not supported.
• Defined on line 1141 of libraries/joomla/database/database.php
• Since

See also

• JDatabase::getCollation source code on BitBucket
• Class JDatabase
• Subpackage Database
• Other versions of JDatabase::getCollation

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