UTF8ToString (Function)

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UTF8ToString (Function)

In french: UTF8VersChaîne

Converts a UTF-8 string to ANSI or UNICODE.

Example

// Convert a UTF-8 string to ANSI
ConversionResult = UTF8ToString(UTF8String, charsetAnsi)

Syntax

<Result> = UTF8ToString(<UTF-8 string to convert> [, <Destination charset>])

<Result>: Character string

In ANSI: ANSI character string.
If the destination character set is not specified, the string is converted to ANSI using the current character set.
If the destination character set is specified, the string is converted to ANSI using the specified character set.
In Unicode: UNICODE character string with the result of the conversion. The destination character set is ignored.
EOT if conversion problems occurred.

<UTF-8 string to convert>: Character string

String to convert.
This string is an ANSI string in UTF-8 format.
This parameter corresponds to a buffer containing a UTF-8 string. The result will be an Unicode string with the result of the conversion.

<Destination charset>: Optional integer

Character set that will be used to create the string. By default, this parameter corresponds to the current character set (specified with ChangeCharset).
charsetAnsi Roman characters in ANSI standard
charsetArabic Arabic characters
charsetBaltic Baltic characters
charsetChinese Chinese characters (People's Republic of China)
charsetCurrent
(Default value) Uses the current character set specified with ChangeCharset (charsetOccidental by default)
charsetDefault Uses the computer's default character set. No character set is forced.
Only this value is available.
charsetEastEurope Eastern European characters (Polish, etc.)
charsetGreek Greek characters
charsetHebrew Hebrew characters
charsetJapanese Japanese characters
charsetKorean Korean characters
charsetRussian Russian characters
charsetThai Thai characters
charsetTraditionalChinese Traditional Chinese characters (Republic of Taiwan)
charsetTurkish Turkish characters
charsetUTF8 Used to manage UTF-8 (used in XML, for example).
charsetVietnamese Vietnamese characters
This parameter is not available.

Remarks

Conversion in PHP

The conversion in PHP uses the following extensions:

the php_iconv.dll extension
the php_mbstring.dll extension

If none of these PHP extensions are used, only Latin characters will be converted (e.g., Chinese or Russian characters will not be converted).

The php_iconv.dll and php_mbstring.dll extensions are currently proposed on PHP servers. To find out if your hosting provider offers these extensions, simply enter the following information in a search engine: phpinfo <Hosting provider>.

To install these extensions on your own PHP server, simply uncomment the desired extension in the PHP.INI file.

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