Recode a string according to a recode request

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# recode_string

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

recode_string — Recode a string according to a recode request

### Description

string recode_string ( string `$request` , string `$string` )

Recode the string `string` according to the recode request `request`.

### Parameters

`request`

  The desired recode request type

`string`

  The string to be recoded

### Return Values

Returns the recoded string or `FALSE`, if unable to perform the recode request.

### Examples

Example #1 Basic recode_string() example

`<?php
echo recode_string("us..flat", "The following character has a diacritical mark: &aacute;");
?>`

### Notes

A simple recode request may be "lat1..iso646-de".

### See Also

- The GNU Recode documentation of your installation for detailed instructions about recode requests.

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