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  <refentry id="function.recode-string">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>recode_string</refname>
    <refpurpose>Recode a string according to a recode request</refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
     <methodsynopsis>
      <type>string</type><methodname>recode_string</methodname>
      <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>request</parameter></methodparam>
      <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>string</parameter></methodparam>
     </methodsynopsis>
    <para>
     Recode the string <parameter>string</parameter> according to
     the recode request <parameter>request</parameter>. Returns the
     recoded string or &false;, if unable to perform the recode request.
    </para>
    <para>
     A simple recode request may be &quot;lat1..iso646-de&quot;.
     See also the GNU Recode documentation of your installation
     for detailed instructions about recode requests.
    <example>
     <title>Basic <function>recode_string</function> example:</title>
      <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
echo recode_string("us..flat", "The following character has a diacritical mark: &aacute;");
?>
]]>
      </programlisting>
     </example>
    </para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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