The mb_convert_encoding() function is an inbuilt function in PHP that transforms the string into another character encoding.
Syntax:
mb_convert_encoding(
array|string $string,
string $to_encoding,
array|string|null
$from_encoding = null
): array|string|false
Parameters: This function has 3 parameters:
- string: The parameter specifies the string or array that is to be converted.
- to_encoding: This parameter specifies the desired encoding for the result.
- from_encoding: If mbstring.internal_encoding setting will be utilized, if from_encoding is null or not specified, otherwise the default_charset setting will be used.
Return Value: This function returns an encoded string if the function is successfully executed otherwise it will return false.
Example 1: The following code demonstrates the mb_convert_encoding() function.
PHP
<?php // UTF-8 string to be converted to ASCII $string = "Café au lait"; // Convert UTF-8 string to ASCII $ascii_string = mb_convert_encoding($string, "ASCII"); // Output the converted string echo $ascii_string; ?> |
Output:
Caf? au lait
Example 2: The following code demonstrates the mb_convert_encoding() function.
PHP
<?php // ISO-8859-1 string to be converted to UTF-8 $string = "Björk"; // Convert ISO-8859-1 string to UTF-8 $utf8_string = mb_convert_encoding( $string, "UTF-8", "ISO-8859-1"); // Output the converted string echo $utf8_string; ?> |
Output:
Björk
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mb-convert-encoding.php
