API	Package	Subpackage	Class	Method	Reference	Last reviewed	Doc status
Home	Joomla.Framework	Database	JDatabase	getCollation	getCollation()	Never	Work in Progress

Returns the collation being used by the database. Collations are supported by MySQL database starting with version 4.1.2. Previous versions will return ‘N/A (mySQL < 4.1.2)’.

string getCollation ()

$dbo = JFactory::getDBO();
echo $dbo->getCollation();

might produce:

utf8_general_ci