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.");
?>