# mb_convert_encoding

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5)

mb_convert_encoding — Convert character encoding

### Description

string mb_convert_encoding ( string `$str` , string `$to_encoding` [, mixed `$from_encoding` ] )

mb_convert_encoding() converts character encoding of string `str` from `from_encoding` to `to_encoding` .

`str` : String to be converted.

`from_encoding` is specified by character code name before conversion. it can be array or string - comma separated enumerated list. If it is not specified, the internal encoding will be used.

Example#1 mb_convert_encoding() example

`<?php
/* Convert internal character encoding to SJIS */
$str = mb_convert_encoding($str, "SJIS");
/* Convert EUC-JP to UTF-7 */
$str = mb_convert_encoding($str, "UTF-7", "EUC-JP");
/* Auto detect encoding from JIS, eucjp-win, sjis-win, then convert str to UCS-2LE */
$str = mb_convert_encoding($str, "UCS-2LE", "JIS, eucjp-win, sjis-win");
/* "auto" is expanded to "ASCII,JIS,UTF-8,EUC-JP,SJIS" */
$str = mb_convert_encoding($str, "EUC-JP", "auto");
?>`

See also mb_detect_order().