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# mb_detect_encoding

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6)

mb_detect_encoding -- Detect character encoding

## Description

string mb_detect_encoding ( string str [, mixed encoding-list])

mb_detect_encoding() detects character encoding in string `str`. It returns detected character encoding.

`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.

Example 1. mb_detect_encoding() example

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

    /* "auto" is expanded to "ASCII,JIS,UTF-8,EUC-JP,SJIS" */
    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().

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