XLI. iconv functions

Introduction

This module contains an interface to the iconv library functions. Iconv library function converts files between various encoded character sets. The supported character sets depend on iconv() implementation on your system. Note that iconv() function in some system is not work well as you expect. In this case, you should install libiconv library.

Requirements

You must have iconv() function in standard C library or libiconv installed on your system. libiconv library is available from http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/.

Installation

To be able to use the functions defined in this module you must compile your PHP interpreter using the configure line --with-iconv.

Runtime Configuration

This extension does not define any configuration directives.

Resource Types

This extension does not define any resource types.

Predefined Constants

This extension does not define any constants.

Table of Contents
iconv -- Convert string to requested character encoding
iconv_get_encoding -- Get current setting for character encoding conversion
iconv_set_encoding -- Set current setting for character encoding conversion
ob_iconv_handler -- Convert character encoding as output buffer handler