utf8_encode
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
utf8_encode — Encodes an ISO-8859-1 string to UTF-8
Description
string utf8_encode
( string $data
)
This function encodes the string data to UTF-8, and returns the encoded version. UTF-8 is a standard mechanism used by Unicode for encoding wide character values into a byte stream. UTF-8 is transparent to plain ASCII characters, is self-synchronized (meaning it is possible for a program to figure out where in the bytestream characters start) and can be used with normal string comparison functions for sorting and such. PHP encodes UTF-8 characters in up to four bytes, like this:
| bytes | bits | representation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 0bbbbbbb |
| 2 | 11 | 110bbbbb 10bbbbbb |
| 3 | 16 | 1110bbbb 10bbbbbb 10bbbbbb |
| 4 | 21 | 11110bbb 10bbbbbb 10bbbbbb 10bbbbbb |
Parameters
- data
-
An ISO-8859-1 string.
Return Values
Returns the UTF-8 translation of data.