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.
Return Values
If encoding
is set, then
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
If encoding
is omitted, then
the current character encoding name is returned.
Examples
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(); ?>
Notes
Note: The internal encoding or the
character encoding specified by mb_regex_encoding()
will be used as the character encoding for this function.