iconv
    (PHP 4 >= 4.0.5, PHP 5)
iconv -- Convert string to requested character encoding
Description
string 
iconv ( string in_charset, string out_charset, string str)
     Performs a character set conversion on the string
     str from in_charset
     to out_charset. Returns the converted
     string or FALSE on failure.
    
     
Example 1. iconv() example: 
<?php echo iconv("ISO-8859-1", "UTF-8", "This is a test."); ?>
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