note 40598 added to ref.iconv

If you forgot to compile iconv in PHP but you want to use the function iconv() and you have the iconv binary accessible to the web server, you can use this little function : <? if (!function_exists('iconv')) { function iconv($src,$dst,$str) { $str=str_replace('END','E-ND',$str); // make sure we're not stopped $str.="\nEND"; $prog=popen('/usr/bin/iconv -f '.escapeshellarg($src).' -t '.escapeshellarg($dst)." << END\n".$str,'r'); $res=''; while(!feof($prog)) $res.=fread($prog,4096); pclose($prog); $res=str_replace('E-ND','END',$res); $res=substr($res,0,strlen($res)-1); // remove the \n we added return $res; } } ?> If your hosting company allows you to use popen and gave you shell access, you can even compile a static build of the iconv binary and upload it to your FTP, then update the popen parameter in order to reflect to your configuration. Remember that popen requires /bin/sh to exist ! ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.iconv.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+40598 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+40598&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+40598&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php