Set/Get internal character encoding

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# mb_internal_encoding

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5)

mb_internal_encoding — Set/Get internal character encoding

### Description

mixed mb_internal_encoding ([ string `$encoding` = mb_internal_encoding() ] )

Set/Get the internal character encoding

### Parameters

`encoding`

  `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. You should notice that the internal encoding is totally different from the one for multibyte regex.

### Return Values

If `encoding` is set, then Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure. In this case, the character encoding for multibyte regex is NOT changed. 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();
?>`

### See Also

- mb_http_input() - Detect HTTP input character encoding
- mb_http_output() - Set/Get HTTP output character encoding
- mb_detect_order() - Set/Get character encoding detection order
- mb_regex_encoding() - Set/Get character encoding for multibyte regex

mb_http_output
mb_language
Multibyte String Functions
PHP Manual