php man page for mb_detect_encoding

MB_DETECT_ENCODING(3)							 1						     MB_DETECT_ENCODING(3)

mb_detect_encoding - Detect character encoding

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

DESCRIPTION
	Detects character encoding in string$str.

PARAMETERS
	      o $str
		- The string being detected.

	      o $encoding_list
		-$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.

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

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

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      mb_detect_encoding(3) 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);
	      ?>

SEE ALSO
       mb_detect_order(3).

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