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<h1 class="refname">mb_http_input</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">mb_http_input</span> — <span class="dc-title">Detect HTTP input character encoding</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.html#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>mb_http_input</strong></span>
([ <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$type</code><span class="initializer"> = ""</span></span>
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Detects the HTTP input character encoding.
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">type</code></em></span>
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Input string specifies the input type.
"G" for GET, "P" for POST, "C" for COOKIE, "S" for string, "L" for list, and
"I" for the whole list (will return <span class="type"><a href="language.types.array.html" class="type array">array</a></span>).
If type is omitted, it returns the last input type processed.
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The character encoding name, as per the <em><code class="parameter">type</code></em>.
If <span class="function"><strong>mb_http_input()</strong></span> does not process specified
HTTP input, it returns <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong>.
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<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.mb-internal-encoding.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mb_internal_encoding()</a> - Set/Get internal character encoding</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.mb-http-output.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mb_http_output()</a> - Set/Get HTTP output character encoding</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.mb-detect-order.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mb_detect_order()</a> - Set/Get character encoding detection order</span></li>
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