mb_internal_encoding Set/Get internal character encoding &reftitle.description; mixedmb_internal_encoding stringencodingmb_internal_encoding() Set/Get the internal character encoding &reftitle.parameters; encoding encoding is the character encoding name used for the HTTP input character encoding conversion, HTTP output character encoding conversion, and the default character encoding for string functions defined by the mbstring module. You should notice that the internal encoding is totally different from the one for multibyte regex. &reftitle.returnvalues; If encoding is set, then &return.success; In this case, the character encoding for multibyte regex is NOT changed. If encoding is omitted, then the current character encoding name is returned. &reftitle.examples; ]]> &reftitle.seealso; mb_http_input mb_http_output mb_detect_order mb_regex_encoding