note 109831 added to function.mb-detect-encoding

a) encode to UTF-8 ... only if $string is not encoded yet (prevent double encoding) <?php // ----------------------------------- // -------- encode to UTF-8 ---------- // ----------------------------------- function str_encode_utf8($string) { if (mb_detect_encoding($string, 'UTF-8', true) === FALSE) { $string = utf8_encode($string); } return $string; } // ----------------------------------- ?> b) decode from UTF-8 ... only if $string is ecoded <?php // ----------------------------------- // -------- decode from UTF-8 -------- // ----------------------------------- function str_decode_utf8($string) { if (mb_detect_encoding($string, 'UTF-8', true) === TRUE) { $string = utf8_decode($string); } return $string; } // ----------------------------------- ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 188.193.218.26 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mb-detect-encoding.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/109831 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109831/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109831/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109831/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109831/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109831/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109831/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109831 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/109831 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php