php man page for recode_string

RECODE_STRING(3)							 1							  RECODE_STRING(3)

recode_string - Recode a string according to a recode request

SYNOPSIS
       string recode_string (string  $request, string  $string)

DESCRIPTION
	Recode the string $string according to the recode request $request.

PARAMETERS
	      o $request
		- The desired recode request type

	      o $string
		- The string to be recoded

RETURN VALUES
	Returns the recoded string or FALSE, if unable to perform the recode request.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      Basic recode_string(3) example

	      <?php
	      echo recode_string("us..flat", "The following character has a diacritical mark: a");
	      ?>

NOTES
	A simple recode request may be "lat1..iso646-de".

SEE ALSO
	The GNU Recode documentation of your installation for detailed instructions about recode requests. .

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