mb_internal_encoding
PHP function
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(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
Set/Get internal character encoding
Description
mb_internal_encoding(string|null $encoding = null): string|bool
Set/Get the internal character encoding
Parameters
encodingencodingis the character encoding name used for the HTTP input character encoding conversion, HTTP output character encoding conversion, and the default character encoding for string functions defined by the mbstring module. You should notice that the internal encoding is totally different from the one for multibyte regex.
Return Values
If encoding is set, then Success In this case, the character encoding for multibyte regex is NOT changed. If encoding is omitted, then the current character encoding name is returned.
Errors/Exceptions Encoding-invalid
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Examples
mb_internal_encoding() example
php
<?php
/* Set internal character encoding to UTF-8 */
mb_internal_encoding("UTF-8");
/* Display current internal character encoding */
echo mb_internal_encoding();
?>