# http_negotiate_charset

(PECL pecl_http:0.1.0-1.5.5)

http_negotiate_charset — Negotiate clients preferred character set

### Description

string http_negotiate_charset ( array `$supported` [, array `&$result` ] )

This function negotiates the clients preferred charset based on its Accept-Charset HTTP header. The qualifier is recognized and charsets without qualifier are rated highest.

### Parameters

`supported`

  array containing the supported charsets as values

`result`

  will be filled with an array containing the negotiation results

### Return Values

Returns the negotiated charset or the default charset (i.e. first array entry) if none match.

### Examples

Example#1 Using http_negotiate_charset()

`<?php
$charsets = array(
'iso-8859-1', // default
'iso-8859-2',
'iso-8859-15',
'utf-8'
);
$pref = http_negotiate_charset($charsets, $result);
if (strcmp($pref, 'iso-8859-1')) {
iconv_set_encoding('internal_encoding', 'iso-8859-1');
iconv_set_encoding('output_encoding', $pref);
ob_start('ob_iconv_handler');
}
print_r($result);
?>`