recode_string
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 < 7.4.0)
recode_string — Recode a string according to a recode request
Description
$request
, string $string
): string
Recode the string string
according to
the recode request request
.
Parameters
-
request
-
The desired recode request type
-
string
-
The string to be recoded
Return Values
Returns the recoded string or false
, if unable to
perform the recode request.
Examples
Example #1 Basic recode_string() example
<?php
echo recode_string("us..flat", "The following character has a diacritical mark: á");
?>
Notes
A simple recode request may be "lat1..iso646-de".
See Also
- The GNU Recode documentation of your installation for detailed instructions about recode requests.
- mb_convert_encoding() - Convert a string from one character encoding to another
- UConverter::transcode() - Convert a string from one character encoding to another
- iconv() - Convert a string from one character encoding to another