# mb_detect_encoding

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5)

mb_detect_encoding — Detect character encoding

### Description

string mb_detect_encoding ( string `$str` [, mixed `$encoding_list` [, bool `$strict` ]] )

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.

`strict` specifies whether to use the strict encoding detection or not. Default is `FALSE`.

Example#1 mb_detect_encoding() example

`<?php
/* 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().