(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
mb_internal_encoding — Set/Get internal character encoding
$encoding = null): string|boolSet/Get the internal character encoding
encoding
encoding is the character encoding name
used for the HTTP input character encoding conversion, HTTP output
character encoding conversion, and the default character encoding
for string functions defined by the mbstring module.
You should notice that the internal encoding is totally different from the one for multibyte regex.
If encoding is set, then
Returns true on success or false on failure.
In this case, the character encoding for multibyte regex is NOT changed.
If encoding is omitted, then
the current character encoding name is returned.
As of PHP 8.0.0, a ValueError is thrown if the
value of encoding is an invalid encoding.
Prior to PHP 8.0.0, a E_WARNING was emitted instead.
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 8.0.0 |
encoding is nullable now.
|
| 8.0.0 |
Now throws a ValueError if
encoding is an invalid encoding.
Previously a E_WARNING was emitted instead.
|
Example #1 mb_internal_encoding() example
<?php
/* Set internal character encoding to UTF-8 */
mb_internal_encoding("UTF-8");
/* Display current internal character encoding */
echo mb_internal_encoding();
?>