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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
+<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+<refentry id="function.unicode-decode">
+ <refnamediv>
+  <refname>unicode_decode</refname>
+  <refpurpose>Convert a binary string into an unicode string</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+ <refsect1 role="description">
+  &reftitle.description;
+  <methodsynopsis>
+   <type>unicode </type><methodname>unicode_decode</methodname>
+   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>input</parameter></methodparam>
+   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>encoding</parameter></methodparam>
+   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>flags</parameter></methodparam>
+  </methodsynopsis>
+  <para>
+   Convert a binary string encoded in <parameter>encoding</parameter> to a 
+   <type>unicode</type> string.
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+ 
+ <refsect1 role="parameters">
+  &reftitle.parameters;
+  <para>
+   <variablelist>
+    <varlistentry>
+     <term><parameter>input</parameter></term>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       Try <type>string</type> that is converted.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+    <varlistentry>
+     <term><parameter>encoding</parameter></term>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       The encoding of <parameter>input</parameter>.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+    <varlistentry>
+     <term><parameter>flags</parameter></term>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       Conversion flags.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+   </variablelist>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+ 
+ <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
+  &reftitle.returnvalues;
+  <para>
+   A <type>unicode</type> string or &false; on failure.
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="errors">
+  &reftitle.errors;
+  <para>
+   Emits a <constant>E_WARNING</constant> level error if a converter cannot 
+   be created for the desired <parameter>encoding</parameter>.
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+ 
+ <refsect1 role="notes">
+  &reftitle.notes;
+  &warn.experimental.func;
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="seealso">
+  &reftitle.seealso;
+  <para>
+   <simplelist>
+    <member><function>unicode_encode</function></member>
+    <member><function>unicode_semantics</function></member>
+   </simplelist>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>
+
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