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mb_convert_encoding

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6)

mb_convert_encoding -- Convert character encoding

Description

string mb_convert_encoding (string str, string to-encoding [, mixed from-encoding])

Warning

This function is EXPERIMENTAL. That means, that the behaviour of this function, this function name, in concreto ANYTHING documented here can change in a future release of PHP WITHOUT NOTICE. Be warned, and use this function at your own risk.

mb_convert_encoding() converts character encoding of string str from from-encoding to to-encoding.

str : String to be converted.

from-encoding is specified by character code name before conversion. it can be array or string - comma separated enumerated list.

Example 1. mb_convert_encoding() example


/* Convert internal character encoding to SJIS */
$str = mb_convert_encoding($str, "SJIS");

/* Convert EUC-JP to UTF-7 */
$str = mb_convert_encoding($str, "UTF-7", "EUC-JP");

/* Auto detect encoding from JIS, eucjp-win, sjis-win, then convert str to UCS-2LE */
$str = mb_convert_encoding($str, "UCS-2LE", "JIS, eucjp-win, sjis-win");

/* "auto" is expanded to "ASCII,JIS,UTF-8,EUC-JP,SJIS" */
$str = mb_convert_encoding($str, "EUC-JP", "auto");

See also: mb_detect_order().

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