XLI. iconv Functions

Introducere

This module contains an interface to iconv character set conversion facility. With this module, you can turn a string represented by a local character set into the one represented by another character set, which may be the Unicode charcter set. Supported character sets depend on the iconv implementation of your system. Note that the iconv function on some systems may not work as you expect. In such case, it'd be a good idea to install the GNU libiconv library. It will most likely end up with more consistent results.

Since PHP 5.0.0, this extension comes with various utility functions that help you to write multilingual scripts. Let's have a look at the following sections to explore the new features.

Necesităţi

You will need nothing if the system you are using is one of the recent POSIX-compliant systems because standard C libraries that are supplied in them must provide iconv facility. Otherwise, you have to get the libiconv library installed in your system.

Instalare

To use functions provided by this module, the PHP binary must be built with the following configure line: --with-iconv[=DIR].

Note to Windows® Users: In order to enable this module on a Windows® environment, you need to put a DLL file named iconv.dll or iconv-1.3.dll (prior to 4.2.1) which is bundled with the PHP/Win32 binary package into a directory specified by the PATH environment variable or one of the system directories of your Windows® installation.

Configurare la rulare

The behaviour of these functions is affected by settings in php.ini.

Tabel 1. Iconv configuration options

Name	Default	Changeable
iconv.input_encoding	ICONV_INPUT_ENCODING	PHP_INI_ALL
iconv.output_encoding	ICONV_OUTPUT_ENCODING	PHP_INI_ALL
iconv.internal_encoding	ICONV_INTERNAL_ENCODING	PHP_INI_ALL

For further details and definition of the PHP_INI_* constants see ini_set().

Tipuri de resurse

Această extensie nu defineşte tipuri de resurse.

Constante predefinite

Since PHP 4.3.0 it is possible to identify at runtime which iconv implementation is adopted by this extension.

Tabel 2. iconv constants

Name	Type	Description
ICONV_IMPL	string	The implementation name
ICONV_VERSION	string	The implementation version

Notã: Writing implementation-dependent scripts with these constants is strongly discouraged.

Since PHP 5.0.0, the following constants are also available:

Tabel 3. iconv constants available since PHP 5.0.0

Name	Type	Description
ICONV_MIME_DECODE_STRICT	integer	A bitmask used for iconv_mime_decode()
ICONV_MIME_DECODE_CONTINUE_ON_ERROR	integer	A bitmask used for iconv_mime_decode()