Encoding¶
Encoding is a generic term, and is used in different places in PHP.
text encoding, for manipulations with iconv or mbstring
declare encoding, with the declare keyword
http encoding, for input and output operations
Text encoding is the process of converting characters into a specific format that can be stored, processed, or transmitted by computers. Different encodings represent characters as a series of bytes. The default encoding for text is UTF-8, which as the most general usage. Many other encoding exist.
See also Supported Character Encodings
Related : declare Encoding, Text Encoding, HTTP Encoding, Iconv, Multibyte String