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<h1 class="refname">ob_iconv_handler</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.0.5, PHP 5, PHP 7)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">ob_iconv_handler</span> — <span class="dc-title">Convert character encoding as output buffer handler</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>ob_iconv_handler</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$contents</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$status</code></span>
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Converts the string encoded in <code class="parameter">internal_encoding</code> to
<code class="parameter">output_encoding</code>.
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<code class="parameter">internal_encoding</code> and
<code class="parameter">output_encoding</code> should be defined in the <var class="filename">php.ini</var>
file or in <span class="function"><a href="function.iconv-set-encoding.html" class="function">iconv_set_encoding()</a></span>.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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See <span class="function"><a href="function.ob-start.html" class="function">ob_start()</a></span> for information about this handler
parameters.
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.ob-iconv-handler-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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See <span class="function"><a href="function.ob-start.html" class="function">ob_start()</a></span> for information about this handler
return values.
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>ob_iconv_handler()</strong></span> example:</strong></p>
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<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />iconv_set_encoding</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"internal_encoding"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"UTF-8"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">iconv_set_encoding</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"output_encoding"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"ISO-8859-1"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">ob_start</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"ob_iconv_handler"</span><span style="color: #007700">); </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// start output buffering<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.iconv-get-encoding.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">iconv_get_encoding()</a> - Retrieve internal configuration variables of iconv extension</span></li>
<li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.iconv-set-encoding.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">iconv_set_encoding()</a> - Set current setting for character encoding conversion</span></li>
<li class="member"><a href="ref.outcontrol.html" class="link">output-control functions</a></li>
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