Detect character encoding mb_decode_numericentity mb_detect_order Multibyte String Functions PHP Manual mb_detect_encoding (PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5)mb_detect_encoding — Detect character encoding Description string mb_detect_encoding ( string $str [, mixed $encoding_list [, bool $strict ]] ) Detects character encoding in string str . Parameters str The string being detected. encoding_list encoding_list is list of character encoding. Encoding order may be specified by array or comma separated list string. If encoding_list is omitted, detect_order is used. strict strict specifies whether to use the strict encoding detection or not. Default is FALSE. Return Values The detected character encoding. Examples Example #1 mb_detect_encoding() example <?php/* Detect character encoding with current detect_order */echo mb_detect_encoding($str);/* "auto" is expanded to "ASCII,JIS,UTF-8,EUC-JP,SJIS" */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);?> See Also mb_detect_order() mb_decode_numericentity mb_detect_order Multibyte String Functions PHP Manual
