PHP mb_detect_order() Function

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The mb_detect_order() function is an inbuilt function in PHP that is utilized to set or get the character encoding detection order.

Syntax:

mb_detect_order(array|string|null $encoding = null): array|bool

Parameters: This function has only one parameter.

encoding: This parameter returns the current character encoding detection order as an array if the encoding is omitted or null.

Return Value: This function returns true when setting encoding detection order otherwise it will return false.

Example 1: The following code demonstrates the mb_detect_order() function.

PHP

<?php 
  
// Set detection order 
mb_detect_order("UTF-8, ASCII"); 
  
// Use mb_detect_encoding() to detect  
// encoding of string 
$string = "zambiatek"; 
$encoding = mb_detect_encoding($string); 
  
// Output encoding 
echo "Detected encoding: $encoding"; 
?>

Output:

Detected encoding: UTF-8

Example 2: The following code demonstrates the mb_detect_order() function.

PHP

<?php 
  
/* Set detection order by enumerated list */
mb_detect_order("eucjp-win,sjis-win,UTF-8"); 
  
/* Set detection order by array */
$ary[] = "ASCII"; 
$ary[] = "JIS"; 
$ary[] = "EUC-JP"; 
mb_detect_order($ary); 
  
/* Display current detection order */
echo implode(", ", mb_detect_order()); 
?>