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

encodings is list of character encoding. Encoding order may be specified by array or comma separated list string.

If encodings is omitted or null, detect_order is used.

strict

strict specifies whether to use the strict encoding detection or not. Default is false.

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

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