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	Last updated: Tue, 19 Sep 2006

http_negotiate_charset

(PECL)

http_negotiate_charset -- Negotiate clients preferred character set

Description

string http_negotiate_charset ( [array supported [, array &result]] )

This function negotiates the clients preferred charset based on its Accept-Charset HTTP header. The qualifier is recognized and charsets without qualifier are rated highest.

Parameters

supported: Array containing the supported charsets as values
result: Will be filled with an array containing the negotiation results

Return Values

Returns the negotiated charset or the default charset (i.e. first array entry) if none match.

Examples

Example 1. Using http_negotiate_charset()

<?php
$charsets = array(
		'iso-8859-1', // default
		'iso-8859-2',
		'iso-8859-15',
		'utf-8'
);

$pref = http_negotiate_charset($charsets, $result);

if (strcmp($pref, 'iso-8859-1')) {
		iconv_set_encoding('internal_encoding', 'iso-8859-1');
		iconv_set_encoding('output_encoding', $pref);
		ob_start('ob_iconv_handler');
}

print_r($result);
?>

http_build_cookie	http_negotiate_ctype

	Last updated: Tue, 19 Sep 2006