Fatal error: mysql_set_charset()

[nhundt]

I use mysql_set_charset(charset,resource) in my XAMP enviroment. It works fine.

When I move the script to the production server, I get an error message:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysql_set_charset() in /home/msiisice/public_html/raceSelect.php on line 21

Why is this an undefined function when it's supported by PHP? Any work-around? I'm using this because of the need to properly store and display accented letters in support of French words.

Thanks.

[JPC-Masood]

PHP manual says that this function was introduced in php >= 5.2.3 (Ref: http://php.net/mysql_set_charset)

Please check that you are using php5 on the production server and it is greater than or equal to 5.2.3