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recode_string

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 < 7.4.0)

recode_string — Recode a string according to a recode request

Description

recode_string(string $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

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https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.recode-string.php