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Set/Get internal character encoding

Multibyte String Functions

mb_internal_encoding

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5)

mb_internal_encoding — Set/Get internal character encoding

Description

mixed mb_internal_encoding ([ string $encoding= mb_internal_encoding() ] )

Set/Get the internal character encoding

Parameters

encoding: encoding is the character encoding name used for the HTTP input character encoding conversion, HTTP output character encoding conversion, and the default character encoding for string functions defined by the mbstring module.

Return Values

If encoding is set, then Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. If encoding is omitted, then the current character encoding name is returned.

Examples

Example #1 mb_internal_encoding() example

 <?php
/* Set internal character encoding to UTF-8 */
mb_internal_encoding("UTF-8");

/* Display current internal character encoding */
echo mb_internal_encoding();
?>

Notes

Note: The internal encoding or the character encoding specified by mb_regex_encoding() will be used as the character encoding for this function.

See Also

mb_http_input() - Detect HTTP input character encoding
mb_http_output() - Set/Get HTTP output character encoding
mb_detect_order() - Set/Get character encoding detection order

Multibyte String Functions

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