(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5)
mb_convert_encoding — Convert character encoding
$str
, string $to_encoding
[, mixed $from_encoding = mb_internal_encoding()
] )
Converts the character encoding of string str
to to_encoding
from optionally from_encoding.
strThe string being encoded.
to_encoding
The type of encoding that str is being converted to.
from_encoding
Is specified by character code names before conversion. It is either
an array, or a comma separated enumerated list.
If from_encoding is not specified, the internal
encoding will be used.
See supported encodings.
The encoded string.
Example #1 mb_convert_encoding() example
<?php
/* 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");
?>