mb_detect_encoding
(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5, PHP 7)
mb_detect_encoding — Detect character encoding
Description
mb_detect_encoding ( string $string [, array|string|null $encodings = null [, bool $strict = false ]] ) : string|false Detects character encoding in string string.
Parameters
-
string -
The string being detected.
-
encodings -
encodingsis list of character encoding. Encoding order may be specified by array or comma separated list string.If
encodingsis omitted ornull, detect_order is used. -
strict -
strictspecifies whether to use the strict encoding detection or not. Default isfalse.
Return Values
The detected character encoding or false if the encoding cannot be detected from the given string.
Examples
Example #1 mb_detect_encoding() example
<?php
/* Detect character encoding with current detect_order */
echo mb_detect_encoding($str);
/* "auto" is expanded according to mbstring.language */
echo mb_detect_encoding($str, "auto");
/* Specify "encodings" parameter by list separated by comma */
echo mb_detect_encoding($str, "JIS, eucjp-win, sjis-win");
/* Use array to specify "encodings" parameter */
$ary[] = "ASCII";
$ary[] = "JIS";
$ary[] = "EUC-JP";
echo mb_detect_encoding($str, $ary);
?> See Also
- mb_detect_order() - Set/Get character encoding detection order
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