iconv_set_encoding

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.5, PHP 5)

iconv_set_encoding — Set current setting for character encoding conversion

Description

bool iconv_set_encoding ( string $type , string $charset )

Changes the value of the internal configuration variable specified by type to charset.

Parameters

type

The value of type can be any one of these:

  • input_encoding
  • output_encoding
  • internal_encoding

charset

The character set.

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example #1 iconv_set_encoding() example

<?php
iconv_set_encoding("internal_encoding", "UTF-8");
iconv_set_encoding("output_encoding", "ISO-8859-1");
?>

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