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). PHP Documentation Group MB_INTERNAL_ENCODING(3)