iconv_set_encoding

Set current setting for character encoding conversion

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Changes the value of the internal configuration variable specified by `type` to `charset`.

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`type`

- The value of `type` can be any one of these:

  - input_encoding
  - output_encoding
  - internal_encoding

`charset`

- The character set.

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### `iconv_set_encoding` example

    <?php
    iconv_set_encoding("internal_encoding", "UTF-8");
    iconv_set_encoding("output_encoding", "ISO-8859-1");
    ?>

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- `iconv_get_encoding`
- `ob_iconv_handler`