	Submit Your Code
	SEO Monitor
	UpTime Monitor
	PHP Code Contest
	My Favorite Examples
	My Favorite Articles
	Update Your Profile

More Weber Sites
	PHP Code Search
	Web Development Forums
	Learn MySQL Playing Trivia
	PHPBB2 Templates
	Web Development Index
	Web Development Resources
	Web Development Content

Recommended Links
	PHPClasses
	PHP Editor
	PHP Jobs
	Vision.To Design
	Ajax Tutorials
	PHP Programming Help
	PHP/MySQL Programming
	Webmaster Resources
	Webmaster Forum
	XML meta language
	website builder

Recommended
	Mobile Dev World

Convert character encoding

mb_convert_case

mb_convert_kana

Multibyte String Functions

mb_convert_encoding

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5)

mb_convert_encoding — Convert character encoding

Description

string mb_convert_encoding ( string $str , string $to_encoding [, mixed $from_encoding ] )

Converts the character encoding of string str to to_encoding from optionally from_encoding .

Parameters

str

The 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.

"auto" may be used, which expands to "ASCII,JIS,UTF-8,EUC-JP,SJIS".

Return Values

The encoded string.

Examples

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");
?>

See Also

mb_detect_order() - Set/Get character encoding detection order

mb_convert_case

mb_convert_kana

Multibyte String Functions

Related Code Examples

	Convert number to words Categories : PHP, Math., Arrays
	Function to convert Arabic numbers into Roman Numerals Categories : Algorithms, PHP, Date Time
	sec2hms : Convert number of seconds to HH:MM:SS format Categories : PHP, Date Time

	convert a number (three digits) to written form (English & Spanish) Categories : PHP, Algorithms
	Decimal to Fraction - A function that converts numbers with decimal remainders to numbers with fractional remainders. Categories : PHP, Math.
	File size with label - afunction that reads the filesize from a selected file and convert the number of bytes into KB, MB etc Categories : PHP, Filesystem
	A function that generates random numbers between 0 and 1 with precision that you set Categories : PHP, Math.
	EasyPhpThumbnail Class - The EasyPhpThumbnail class allows you to generate thumbnails and handle image manipulation for GIF, JPG and PNG on-the-fly. Categories : PHP, PHP Classes, Object Oriented, Graphics, GD image library
	This is a simple date function. Its converts the date to e.g. maandag 03 januari 2000. The date will be stored in the $date string. Categories : PHP, Date Time
	BCrand, a function returns large random numbers Categories : PHP, BC math, Algorithms
	Convert text to 'quoted printable' without the IMAP package installed. Categories : PHP, Mail, IMAP
	Reduce the number of processors on a NT 4.0 system thru BOOT.INI Categories : WinNT
	A Simple Script that converts IP addresses to Color Codes -This function converts a given IP into a hex color. It changes according to ip input. Very useful to create customised pages. Categories : PHP, BC math
	mysql date/time converters, part II Categories : PHP, MySQL, Databases, Date Time