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<h1 class="refname">mb_http_output</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">mb_http_output</span> — <span class="dc-title">Set/Get HTTP output 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_output</strong></span>
([ <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$encoding</code><span class="initializer"> = mb_http_output()</span></span>
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Set/Get the HTTP output character encoding.
Output after this function is converted to <em><code class="parameter">encoding</code></em>.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">encoding</code></em></span>
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If <em><code class="parameter">encoding</code></em> is set,
<span class="function"><strong>mb_http_output()</strong></span> sets the HTTP output character
encoding to <em><code class="parameter">encoding</code></em>.
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If <em><code class="parameter">encoding</code></em> is omitted,
<span class="function"><strong>mb_http_output()</strong></span> returns the current HTTP output
character encoding.
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<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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If <em><code class="parameter">encoding</code></em> is omitted,
<span class="function"><strong>mb_http_output()</strong></span> returns the current HTTP output
character encoding. Otherwise,
Returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
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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-input.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mb_http_input()</a> - Detect HTTP input 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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