iconv

Iconv is a computer program and a standardized API that can be converted with the characters between different encodings.

Iconv API

The iconv API is the standard interface for converting strings from one encoding to another on Unix-like systems. The iconv program appeared in 1990 with Unix System Vr4, it is taken up by the Open Group and included as standard in the XPG4, and is thus part of the Single Unix Specification (SUS ).

All newer Linux distributions are equipped with an implementation of iconv (), as has become iconv part of the GNU C Library, which serves as the basis for current Linux systems. To use the function, appropriate locales for the library must be installed. These are available as a separate package which is usually called glibc -locale and is installed by default on most systems.

Compatibility

Under Windows can use iconv on a Unix API emulation as Cygwin or a port as GnuWin32.

Iconv is standard on PHP on supported libraries provided by Windows as a Dynamic Link Library.