recode_string

Recode a string according to a recode request

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Recode the string `string` according to the recode request `request`.

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`request`

- The desired recode request type

`string`

- The `string` to be recoded

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Returns the recoded `string` or &false;, if unable to perform the recode request.

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### Basic `recode_string` example

    <?php
    echo recode_string("us..flat", "The following character has a diacritical mark: á");
    ?>

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A simple recode request may be "lat1..iso646-de".

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- The GNU Recode documentation of your installation for detailed instructions about recode requests.
- `mb_convert_encoding`
- `UConverter::transcode`
- `iconv`