iconv_set_encoding

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.5, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

iconv_set_encoding — Set current setting for character encoding conversion

Description

iconv_set_encoding(string $type, string $encoding): bool

Changes the value of the internal configuration variable specified by type to encoding.

Parameters

type

The value of type can be any one of these:

input_encoding
output_encoding
internal_encoding

encoding

The character set.

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.

Examples

Example #1 iconv_set_encoding() example

<?php
iconv_set_encoding("internal_encoding", "UTF-8");
iconv_set_encoding("output_encoding", "ISO-8859-1");
?>

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Coralie B ¶

8 years ago

I encountered the same issue than joe dot bowman at edigitalresearch.com

Even if i read on the web that it is a usual issue when using PHP 5.6 and upper, i didn't encounter it on every sites on which i use PHP 5.6.

Nevertheless, i had to find a solution because, when the issue appears, it's embarrassing. This is what i found thanks to Alexandra López on http://hasibul.info. 

Instead of :
if (function_exists(‘iconv’))
{
// These are settings that can be set inside code
 iconv_set_encoding("internal_encoding", "UTF-8?);
 iconv_set_encoding("input_encoding", "UTF-8?);
 iconv_set_encoding("output_encoding", "UTF-8?);
}

i use :
if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 50600) {
 iconv_set_encoding('input_encoding', 'UTF-8');
 iconv_set_encoding('output_encoding', 'UTF-8');
 iconv_set_encoding('internal_encoding', 'UTF-8');
} else {
 ini_set('default_charset', 'UTF-8');
}