Finds whether a variable is a unicode string is_string isset Variable handling Functions PHP Manual is_unicode (No version information available, might be only in CVS)is_unicode — Finds whether a variable is a unicode string Description bool is_unicode ( mixed $var ) Finds whether the given variable is a unicode string. Parameters var The variable being evaluated. Return Values Returns TRUE if var is a unicode string, FALSE otherwise. See Also is_binary() is_buffer() is_string() unicode_encode() is_string isset Variable handling Functions PHP Manual