function drupal_convert_to_utf8

Converts 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

includes/unicode.inc, line 237

Code

function drupal_convert_to_utf8($data, $encoding) {
    if (function_exists('iconv')) {
        $out = @iconv($encoding, 'utf-8', $data);
    }
    elseif (function_exists('mb_convert_encoding')) {
        $out = @mb_convert_encoding($data, 'utf-8', $encoding);
    }
    elseif (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;
}