mb_detect_encoding

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5, PHP 7)

Detect character encoding

string mb_detect_encoding ( string $str [, mixed $encoding_list = mb_detect_order() [, bool $strict = false ]] )

Detects character encoding in string str.

Parameters:

str

The string being detected.

encoding_list

encoding_list is list of character encoding. Encoding order may be specified by array or comma separated list string.

If encoding_list is omitted, detect_order is used.

strict

strict specifies whether to use the strict encoding detection or not. Default is FALSE.

Returns:

The detected character encoding or FALSE if the encoding cannot be detected from the given string.

Examples:

mb_detect_encoding() example

<?php
/* Detect character encoding with current detect_order */
echo mb_detect_encoding($str);

/* "auto" is expanded according to mbstring.language */
echo mb_detect_encoding($str, "auto");

/* Specify encoding_list character encoding by comma separated list */
echo mb_detect_encoding($str, "JIS, eucjp-win, sjis-win");

/* Use array to specify encoding_list  */
$ary[] = "ASCII";
$ary[] = "JIS";
$ary[] = "EUC-JP";
echo mb_detect_encoding($str, $ary);
?>