PHP 7.0.6 Released

    iconv_set_encoding

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

    iconv_set_encoding — Set current setting for character encoding conversion

    Description

    bool iconv_set_encoding ( string $type , string $charset )

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

    Parameters

    type

    The value of type can be any one of these:

    • input_encoding
    • output_encoding
    • internal_encoding

    charset

    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");
    ?>

    See Also

    User Contributed Notes

    joe dot bowman at edigitalresearch.com
    1 year ago
    As of PHP 5.6, this throws a Deprecated level error, as is consistent with setting the iconv.*_encoding ini settings:

    iconv_set_encoding('internal_encoding', 'UTF-8');

    triggers:

    PHP Deprecated:  iconv_set_encoding(): Use of iconv.internal_encoding is deprecated in ...
    pasamio at gmail dot com
    8 years ago
    On PHP 5.2.5 when iconv.*_encoding values are set using php_admin_value in the Apache configuration file, this call will fail and return false.
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