(PHP 6 >= 6.0.0)
unicode_encode — Convert a unicode string in any encoding
Takes a unicode string and converts it to a string in the specified encoding .
The unicode string that is converted.
The new encoding for input .
Conversion error mode. This parameter determines the action to take when the converter cannot convert a character. For a list of available modes, refer to unicode_set_error_mode(). If the parameter is not set, the global error mode is used.
A string on success, or FALSE on failure.
Emits a E_WARNING level error if a converter cannot be created for the desired encoding .
Example #1 A unicode_encode() example
Note: The characters will be seen instead of entities in the output.
<?php
header ('Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2');
$encoded = unicode_encode ('\u0150\u0179', 'ISO-8859-2');
echo 'The string itself:', $encoded, PHP_EOL;
echo 'The length of the string: ', strlen ($encoded);
?>
The above example will output something similar to:
The string itself: ŐŹ The length of the string: 2
This function is EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this function, its name, and surrounding documentation may change without notice in a future release of PHP. This function should be used at your own risk.