(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5, PHP 7)
mb_detect_encoding — Detect character encoding
$string
, array|string|null $encodings
= null
, bool $strict
= false
) : string|false
Detects character encoding in string string
.
string
The string being detected.
encodings
encodings
is list of character
encoding. Encoding order may be specified by array or comma
separated list string.
If encodings
is omitted or null
,
detect_order is used.
strict
strict
specifies whether to use
the strict encoding detection or not.
Default is false
.
The detected character encoding or false
if the encoding cannot be
detected from the given string.
Example #1 mb_detect_encoding() example
<?php
/* Detect character encoding with current detect_order */
echo mb_detect_encoding($str);
/* "auto" is expanded according to mbstring.language */
echo mb_detect_encoding($str, "auto");
/* Specify "encodings" parameter by list separated by comma */
echo mb_detect_encoding($str, "JIS, eucjp-win, sjis-win");
/* Use array to specify "encodings" parameter */
$ary[] = "ASCII";
$ary[] = "JIS";
$ary[] = "EUC-JP";
echo mb_detect_encoding($str, $ary);
?>