--- /dev/null
+--- php-5.3.1/ext/mysqli/mysqli.c~ 2010-02-20 00:58:34.000000000 +0200
++++ php-5.3.1/ext/mysqli/mysqli.c 2010-02-20 01:00:22.459111311 +0200
+@@ -602,6 +602,7 @@
+ #else
+ STD_PHP_INI_ENTRY("mysqli.default_socket", NULL, PHP_INI_ALL, OnUpdateStringUnempty, default_socket, zend_mysqli_globals, mysqli_globals)
+ #endif
++ STD_PHP_INI_ENTRY("mysqli.connect_charset", NULL, PHP_INI_ALL, OnUpdateString, connect_charset, zend_mysqli_globals, mysqli_globals)
+ STD_PHP_INI_BOOLEAN("mysqli.reconnect", "0", PHP_INI_SYSTEM, OnUpdateLong, reconnect, zend_mysqli_globals, mysqli_globals)
+ STD_PHP_INI_BOOLEAN("mysqli.allow_local_infile", "1", PHP_INI_SYSTEM, OnUpdateLong, allow_local_infile, zend_mysqli_globals, mysqli_globals)
+ #ifdef MYSQLI_USE_MYSQLND
+@@ -475,6 +476,7 @@
+ mysqli_globals->default_user = NULL;
+ mysqli_globals->default_pw = NULL;
+ mysqli_globals->default_socket = NULL;
++ mysqli_globals->connect_charset = NULL;
+ mysqli_globals->reconnect = 0;
+ mysqli_globals->report_mode = 0;
+ mysqli_globals->report_ht = 0;
+--- php-5.3.4/ext/mysqli/mysqli_nonapi.c~ 2010-12-12 23:07:03.000000000 +0200
++++ php-5.3.4/ext/mysqli/mysqli_nonapi.c 2010-12-12 23:07:36.497424912 +0200
+@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
+ MY_MYSQL *mysql = NULL;
+ MYSQLI_RESOURCE *mysqli_resource = NULL;
+ zval *object = getThis();
+- char *hostname = NULL, *username=NULL, *passwd=NULL, *dbname=NULL, *socket=NULL;
++ char *hostname = NULL, *username=NULL, *passwd=NULL, *dbname=NULL, *socket=NULL, *connect_charset=NULL;
+ int hostname_len = 0, username_len = 0, passwd_len = 0, dbname_len = 0, socket_len = 0;
+ zend_bool persistent = FALSE;
+ long port = 0, flags = 0;
+@@ -241,6 +241,12 @@
+ }
+ #endif
+
++ connect_charset = MyG(connect_charset);
++
++ if (connect_charset != NULL) {
++ mysql_options(mysql->mysql, MYSQL_SET_CHARSET_NAME, connect_charset);
++ }
++
+ #if !defined(MYSQLI_USE_MYSQLND)
+ if (mysql_real_connect(mysql->mysql, hostname, username, passwd, dbname, port, socket, CLIENT_MULTI_RESULTS) == NULL)
+ #else
+--- php-5.3.1/ext/mysqli/php_mysqli_structs.h~ 2009-10-14 16:51:25.000000000 +0300
++++ php-5.3.1/ext/mysqli/php_mysqli_structs.h 2010-02-20 01:04:56.512214846 +0200
+@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@
+ char *default_user;
+ char *default_socket;
+ char *default_pw;
++ char *connect_charset;
+ long reconnect;
+ long allow_local_infile;
+ long strict;