recode_string

(PHP 3>= 3.0.13, PHP 4 )

recode_string -- Recode a string according to a recode request

Description

string recode_string ( string request, string string)

Recode the string string according to the recode request request. Returns the recoded string or FALSE, if unable to perform the recode request.

A simple recode request may be "lat1..iso646-de". See also the GNU Recode documentation of your installation for detailed instructions about recode requests.

Example 1. Basic recode_string() example:

print recode_string ("us..flat", "The following character has a diacritical mark: á");