Implementing DboMysql::getVersion()

cake/libs/model/datasources/dbo/dbo_mysql.php

@@ -796,8 +796,17 @@ class DboMysql extends DboMysqlBase {
  *
  * @return string The database encoding
  */
-	function getEncoding() {
+	public function getEncoding() {
-		return mysql_client_encoding($this->connection);
+		return $this->_execute('SHOW VARIABLES LIKE ?', array('character_set_client'))->fetchObject()->Value;
+	}
+
+/**
+ * Gets the version string of the database server
+ *
+ * @return string The database encoding
+ */
+	public function getVersion() {
+		return $this->_execute('SELECT VERSION() as mysql_version')->fetchObject()->mysql_version;
 	}
 
 /**

cake/tests/cases/libs/model/datasources/dbo/dbo_mysql.test.php

@@ -862,4 +862,26 @@ class DboMysqlTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$tables = $db->listSources();
 		$this->assertEqual($tables, array('cake_table', 'another_table'));
 	}
+
+/**
+ * Tests that getVersion method sends the correct query for getting the mysql version
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testGetVersion() {
+		$db = $this->getMock('DboMysql', array('connect', '_execute'));
+		$queryResult = $this->getMock('PDOStatement');
+
+		$db->expects($this->once())
+			->method('_execute')
+			->with('SELECT VERSION() as mysql_version')
+			->will($this->returnValue($queryResult));
+		$result = new StdClass;
+		$result->mysql_version = '5.1';
+		$queryResult->expects($this->once())
+			->method('fetchObject')
+			->will($this->returnValue($result));
+
+		$version = $db->getVersion();
+		$this->assertEqual('5.1', $version);
+	}
 }