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

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';