iconv_set_encoding

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.5, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

iconv_set_encodingSet current setting for character encoding conversion

Description

iconv_set_encoding(string $type, string $encoding): bool

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

Parameters

type

The value of type can be any one of these:

  • input_encoding
  • output_encoding
  • internal_encoding

encoding

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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