php man page for mb_internal_encoding

MB_INTERNAL_ENCODING(3) 						 1						   MB_INTERNAL_ENCODING(3)

mb_internal_encoding - Set/Get internal character encoding

SYNOPSIS
       mixed mb_internal_encoding ([string  $encoding = mb_internal_encoding()])

DESCRIPTION
	Set/Get the internal character encoding

PARAMETERS
	      o $encoding
		-$encoding  is	the  character encoding name used for the HTTP input character encoding conversion, HTTP output character encoding
		conversion, and the default character encoding for string functions defined by the mbstring module. You  should  notice  that  the
		internal encoding is totally different from the one for multibyte regex.

RETURN VALUES
	If  $encoding  is  set,  then Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. In this case, the character encoding for multibyte regex is NOT
       changed. If $encoding is omitted, then the current character encoding name is returned.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      mb_internal_encoding(3) example

	      <?php
	      /* Set internal character encoding to UTF-8 */
	      mb_internal_encoding("UTF-8");

	      /* Display current internal character encoding */
	      echo mb_internal_encoding();
	      ?>

SEE ALSO
       mb_http_input(3), mb_http_output(3), mb_detect_order(3), mb_regex_encoding(3).

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