show variables在phpmyadmin 和 cls下结果不同？

Question

语句 show variables like 'char%';
为什么phpmyadmin 和 cls下结果不同phpmyadminVariable_name          Value
character_set_client  utf8
character_set_connection utf8
character_set_database  utf8
character_set_filesystem binary
character_set_results  utf8
character_set_server  latin1
character_set_system  utf8
character_sets_dir  C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\share\char...
 
clsmysql> show variables like 'char%';
+--------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| Variable_name            | Value                                                   |
+--------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| character_set_client     | latin1                                                  |
| character_set_connection | latin1                                                  |
| character_set_database   | utf8                                                    |
| character_set_filesystem | binary                                                  |
| character_set_results    | latin1                                                  |
| character_set_server     | latin1                                                  |
| character_set_system     | utf8                                                    |
| character_sets_dir       | C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\share\charsets\ |
+--------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
8 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Answer 1

因为 phpmyadmin 在执行 show variables like 'char%'; 前
先执行了 set names utf8