Convert data to UTF-8

Requires the iconv, GNU recode or mbstring PHP extension.

Parameters

$data: The data to be converted.

$encoding: The encoding that the data is in

Return value

Converted data or FALSE.

File

drupal-6.x/includes/unicode.inc, line 172

Code

function drupal_convert_to_utf8($data, $encoding) {
  if (function_exists('iconv')) {
    $out = @iconv($encoding, 'utf-8', $data);
  }
  else if (function_exists('mb_convert_encoding')) {
    $out = @mb_convert_encoding($data, 'utf-8', $encoding);
  }
  else if (function_exists('recode_string')) {
    $out = @recode_string($encoding . '..utf-8', $data);
  }
  else {
    watchdog('php', 'Unsupported encoding %s. Please install iconv, GNU recode or mbstring for PHP.', array('%s' => $encoding), WATCHDOG_ERROR);
    return FALSE;
  }

  return $out;
}