mb_convert_encoding
    (PHP 4 >= 4.0.6)
mb_convert_encoding -- Convert character encoding
Description
string 
mb_convert_encoding ( string str, string to-encoding [, mixed from-encoding])
     mb_convert_encoding() converts       character encoding of string str from      from-encoding to      to-encoding.     
     str : String to be converted.     
     from-encoding is specified by character      code name before conversion. it can be array or string - comma      separated  enumerated list. If it is not specified, the internal      encoding will be used.     
     
| Example 1. mb_convert_encoding() example | <?php
/* Convert internal character encoding to SJIS */
$str = mb_convert_encoding($str, "SJIS");
/* Convert EUC-JP to UTF-7 */
$str = mb_convert_encoding($str, "UTF-7", "EUC-JP");
/* Auto detect encoding from JIS, eucjp-win, sjis-win, then convert str to UCS-2LE */
$str = mb_convert_encoding($str, "UCS-2LE", "JIS, eucjp-win, sjis-win");
/* "auto" is expanded to "ASCII,JIS,UTF-8,EUC-JP,SJIS" */
$str = mb_convert_encoding($str, "EUC-JP", "auto");
 ?> | 
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     See also mb_detect_order().