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mb_encoding_aliases

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7)

mb_encoding_aliasesGet aliases of a known encoding type

Description

array mb_encoding_aliases ( string $encoding )

Returns an array of aliases for a known encoding type.

Parameters

encoding

The encoding type being checked, for aliases.

Return Values

Returns a numerically indexed array of encoding aliases on success, or FALSE on failure

Errors/Exceptions

Emits an E_WARNING level error if encoding is unknown.

Examples

Example #1 mb_encoding_aliases() example

<?php
$encoding        
'ASCII';
$known_encodings mb_list_encodings();

if (
in_array($encoding$known_encodings)) {

    
$aliases mb_encoding_aliases($encoding);
    
print_r($aliases);

} else {

    echo 
"Unknown ($encoding) encoding.\n";

}
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

Array
(
    [0] => ANSI_X3.4-1968
    [1] => iso-ir-6
    [2] => ANSI_X3.4-1986
    [3] => ISO_646.irv:1991
    [4] => US-ASCII
    [5] => ISO646-US
    [6] => us
    [7] => IBM367
    [8] => cp367
    [9] => csASCII
)

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