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# recode_string

(3.0.13 - 3.0.18 only, PHP 4 >= 4.0.0)

recode_string -- Recode a string according to a recode request

## Description

``string recode_string` (string request, string string)`

Recode the string `string` according to the recode request `request`. Returns the recoded string or `FALSE`, if unable to perform the recode request.

A simple recode request may be "lat1..iso646-de". See also the GNU Recode documentation of your installation for detailed instructions about recode requests.

Example 1. Basic recode_string() example:
    print recode_string ("us..flat", "The following character has a diacritical mark: &aacute;");

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