utf8_decode
This function converts the string string from the UTF-8 encoding to ISO-8859-1. Bytes in the string which are not valid UTF-8, and UTF-8 characters which do not exist in ISO-8859-1 (that is, code points above U+00FF) are replaced with ?.
Note:
Many web pages marked as using the ISO-8859-1 character encoding actually use the similar Windows-1252 encoding, and web browsers will interpret ISO-8859-1 web pages as Windows-1252. Windows-1252 features additional printable characters, such as the Euro sign (€) and curly quotes (“ ”), instead of certain ISO-8859-1 control characters. This function will not convert such Windows-1252 characters correctly. Use a different function if Windows-1252 conversion is required.
Parameters
- string
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A UTF-8 encoded string.
Return Values
Returns the ISO-8859-1 translation of string.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
| 7.2.0 | This function has been moved from the XML extension to the core of PHP. In previous versions, it was only available if the XML extension was installed. |