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PHP – Convert a string to a requested character encoding using iconv()
In PHP, the iconv() function is used to convert a string to the requested character encoding. It is used to perform a character set conversion on the string "string" from from_encoding to to_encoding.
Syntax
string iconv(str $from_encoding, str $to_encoding, str $string)
Parameters
The iconv() function accepts three parameters: $from_encoding, $to_encoding and $string.
$from_encoding− This parameter is used to specify the input charset.
$to_encoding− This parameter is used for the output charset.
$string− This parameter is used to convert the string.
Return Values
iconv() returns the converted string on success or it returns False on failure.
Example
<pre>
<?php
// used the Dollar symbol to convert in string
$text = "the Dollar symbol '$'";
echo 'Original:', $text, PHP_EOL;
echo 'TRANSLIT: ', iconv("UTF-8", "ISO-8859-1", $text), PHP_EOL;
echo 'IGNORE: ', iconv("UTF-8", "ISO-8859-1", $text), PHP_EOL;
?>
</pre>Output
Original:the Dollar symbol '$' TRANSLIT: the Dollar symbol '$' IGNORE: the Dollar symbol '$'
Example 2
<pre>
<?php
// used the Dollar symbol to convert in string
$string = "Indian Rupees '?'";
echo 'Original: ', $string, PHP_EOL;
echo 'TRANSLIT : ', iconv("UTF-8", "ISO-8859-1", $string), PHP_EOL;
echo 'IGNORE: ', iconv("UTF-8", "ISO-8859-1", $string), PHP_EOL;
?>
</pre>Output
Original: Indian Rupees '?' TRANSLIT: Indian Rupees '?' IGNORE: Indian Rupees '?'
Updated on: 23-Aug-2021
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