note 99311 added to function.utf8-encode

to encode a string only if it is not yet UTF-8, the most elegant solution i found is: <?php //$s is a string from whatever source mb_detect_encoding($s, "UTF-8") == "UTF-8" ? : $s = utf8_encode($s); ?> hope it helps ---- Server IP: 194.153.94.10 Probable Submitter: 77.59.226.164 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.utf8-encode.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/99311 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99311/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99311/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99311/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99311/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99311/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99311/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99311 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/99311 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php