(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5)
mb_detect_encoding — Detect character encoding
$str
[, mixed $encoding_list
= mb_detect_order()
[, bool $strict
= false
]] )
Detects character encoding in string str
.
str
The string being detected.
encoding_list
encoding_list
is list of character
encoding. Encoding order may be specified by array or comma
separated list string.
If encoding_list
is omitted,
detect_order is used.
strict
strict
specifies whether to use
the strict encoding detection or not.
Default is FALSE
.
The detected character encoding or FALSE
if the encoding cannot be
detected from the given string.
Example #1 mb_detect_encoding() example
<?php
/* Detect character encoding with current detect_order */
echo mb_detect_encoding($str);
/* "auto" is expanded according to mbstring.language */
echo mb_detect_encoding($str, "auto");
/* Specify encoding_list character encoding by comma separated list */
echo mb_detect_encoding($str, "JIS, eucjp-win, sjis-win");
/* Use array to specify encoding_list */
$ary[] = "ASCII";
$ary[] = "JIS";
$ary[] = "EUC-JP";
echo mb_detect_encoding($str, $ary);
?>