mb_detect_encoding
    (PHP 4 >= 4.0.6)
mb_detect_encoding -- Detect character encoding
Description
string 
mb_detect_encoding ( string str [, mixed encoding-list])
     mb_detect_encoding() detects character      encoding in string str. It returns      detected character encoding.     
     encoding-list is list of character      encoding. Encoding order may be specified by array or comma      separated list string.     
     If encoding_list is omitted,      detect_order is used.     
     
| Example 1. mb_detect_encoding() example | <?php
/* Detect character encoding with current detect_order */
echo mb_detect_encoding($str);
/* "auto" is expanded to "ASCII,JIS,UTF-8,EUC-JP,SJIS" */
echo mb_detect_encoding($str, "auto");
/* Specify encoding_list character encoding by comma separated list */
echo mb_detect_encoding($str, "JIS, eucjp-win, sjis-win");
/* Use array to specify encoding_list  */
$ary[] = "ASCII";
$ary[] = "JIS";
$ary[] = "EUC-JP";
echo mb_detect_encoding($str, $ary);
 ?> | 
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     See also mb_detect_order().