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# mb_convert_encoding

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6)

mb_convert_encoding -- Convert character encoding

## Description

``string mb_convert_encoding` (string str, string to-encoding [, mixed from-encoding])`

Warning
This function is EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this function, the name of this function, and anything else documented about this function may change in a future release of PHP without notice. Be warned and use this function at your own risk.

mb_convert_encoding() converts character encoding of string `str` from `from-encoding` to `to-encoding`.

`str` : String to be converted.

`from-encoding` is specified by character code name before conversion. it can be array or string - comma separated enumerated list.

Example 1. mb_convert_encoding() example
    /* 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().

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