mb_convert_encoding
    (PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5)
mb_convert_encoding -- Convert character encoding
Description
string 
mb_convert_encoding ( string str, string to_encoding [, mixed from_encoding] )
     mb_convert_encoding() converts 
     character encoding of string str from
     from_encoding to
     to_encoding.
    
     str : String to be converted.
    
     from_encoding is specified by character
     code name before conversion. it can be array or string - comma
     separated  enumerated list. If it is not specified, the internal
     encoding will be used.
    
     
Example 1. mb_convert_encoding() example 
<?php /* Convert internal character encoding to SJIS */ $str = mb_convert_encoding($str, "SJIS");
  /* Convert EUC-JP to UTF-7 */ $str = mb_convert_encoding($str, "UTF-7", "EUC-JP");
  /* Auto detect encoding from JIS, eucjp-win, sjis-win, then convert str to UCS-2LE */ $str = mb_convert_encoding($str, "UCS-2LE", "JIS, eucjp-win, sjis-win");
  /* "auto" is expanded to "ASCII,JIS,UTF-8,EUC-JP,SJIS" */ $str = mb_convert_encoding($str, "EUC-JP", "auto"); ?>
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     See also mb_detect_order().