#44000 [NEW]: encodings listed for mbstring do not work with all functions

From: josmessa at uk dot ibm dot com Operating system: Irrelevant PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: encodings listed for mbstring do not work with all functions Description: ------------ The following statement is from the Multbyte string functions page on php.net "Any of those Character encodings can be specified in the encoding parameter of mbstring functions". This is not true, mb_regex_encoding and mb_strpos and probably more cannot recognise some of the encodings listed. Reproduce code: --------------- http://pastebin.com/f3f4f4e6f Actual result: -------------- http://pastebin.com/f7109be0d -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=44000&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44000&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44000&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44000&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44000&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44000&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44000&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44000&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44000&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44000&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44000&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44000&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44000&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44000&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44000&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44000&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44000&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44000&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44000&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44000&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44000&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44000&r=mysqlcfg