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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<refentry xml:id="function.utf8-decode" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
<refnamediv>
<refname>utf8_decode</refname>
<refpurpose>
Converts a string from UTF-8 to ISO-8859-1, replacing invalid or unrepresentable
characters
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
&warn.deprecated.function-8-2-0;
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<modifier role="attribute">#[\Deprecated]</modifier>
<type>string</type><methodname>utf8_decode</methodname>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>string</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
This function converts the string <parameter>string</parameter> from the
<literal>UTF-8</literal> encoding to <literal>ISO-8859-1</literal>. Bytes
in the string which are not valid <literal>UTF-8</literal>, and
<literal>UTF-8</literal> characters which do not exist in
<literal>ISO-8859-1</literal> (that is, code points above
<literal>U+00FF</literal>) are replaced with <literal>?</literal>.
</para>
<note>
<para>
Many web pages marked as using the <literal>ISO-8859-1</literal> character
encoding actually use the similar <literal>Windows-1252</literal> encoding,
and web browsers will interpret <literal>ISO-8859-1</literal> web pages as
<literal>Windows-1252</literal>. <literal>Windows-1252</literal> features
additional printable characters, such as the Euro sign
(<literal></literal>) and curly quotes (<literal></literal>
<literal></literal>), instead of certain <literal>ISO-8859-1</literal>
control characters. This function will not convert such
<literal>Windows-1252</literal> characters correctly. Use a different
function if <literal>Windows-1252</literal> conversion is required.
</para>
</note>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>string</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
A UTF-8 encoded string.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
Returns the ISO-8859-1 translation of <parameter>string</parameter>.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="changelog">
&reftitle.changelog;
<para>
<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>&Version;</entry>
<entry>&Description;</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>8.2.0</entry>
<entry>
This function has been deprecated.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>7.2.0</entry>
<entry>
This function has been moved from the XML extension to the core of PHP.
In previous versions, it was only available if the XML extension was installed.
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<example>
<title>Basic examples</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
// Convert the string 'Zoë' from UTF-8 to ISO 8859-1
$utf8_string = "\x5A\x6F\xC3\xAB";
$iso8859_1_string = utf8_decode($utf8_string);
echo bin2hex($iso8859_1_string), "\n";
// Invalid UTF-8 sequences are replaced with '?'
$invalid_utf8_string = "\xC3";
$iso8859_1_string = utf8_decode($invalid_utf8_string);
var_dump($iso8859_1_string);
// Characters which don't exist in ISO 8859-1, such as
// '€' (Euro Sign) are also replaced with '?'
$utf8_string = "\xE2\x82\xAC";
$iso8859_1_string = utf8_decode($utf8_string);
var_dump($iso8859_1_string);
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
5a6feb
string(1) "?"
string(1) "?"
]]>
</screen>
</example>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="notes">
&reftitle.notes;
<note>
<title>Deprecation and alternatives</title>
<para>
This function is <emphasis>deprecated</emphasis> as of PHP 8.2.0,
and will be removed in a future version. Existing uses should be checked
and replaced with appropriate alternatives.
</para>
<para>
Similar functionality can be achieved with <function>mb_convert_encoding</function>,
which supports ISO-8859-1 and many other character encodings.
<informalexample>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$utf8_string = "\xC3\xAB"; // 'ë' (e with diaeresis) in UTF-8
$iso8859_1_string = mb_convert_encoding($utf8_string, 'ISO-8859-1', 'UTF-8');
echo bin2hex($iso8859_1_string), "\n";
$utf8_string = "\xCE\xBB"; // 'λ' (Greek lower-case lambda) in UTF-8
$iso8859_7_string = mb_convert_encoding($utf8_string, 'ISO-8859-7', 'UTF-8');
echo bin2hex($iso8859_7_string), "\n";
$utf8_string = "\xE2\x82\xAC"; // '€' (Euro sign) in UTF-8 (not present in ISO-8859-1)
$windows_1252_string = mb_convert_encoding($utf8_string, 'Windows-1252', 'UTF-8');
echo bin2hex($windows_1252_string), "\n";
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
eb
eb
80
]]>
</screen>
</informalexample>
</para>
<para>
Other options which may be available depending on the extensions installed are
<methodname>UConverter::transcode</methodname> and <function>iconv</function>.
</para>
<para>
The following all give the same result:
<informalexample>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$utf8_string = "\x5A\x6F\xC3\xAB"; // 'Zoë' in UTF-8
$iso8859_1_string = utf8_decode($utf8_string);
echo bin2hex($iso8859_1_string), "\n";
$iso8859_1_string = mb_convert_encoding($utf8_string, 'ISO-8859-1', 'UTF-8');
echo bin2hex($iso8859_1_string), "\n";
$iso8859_1_string = iconv('UTF-8', 'ISO-8859-1', $utf8_string);
echo bin2hex($iso8859_1_string), "\n";
$iso8859_1_string = UConverter::transcode($utf8_string, 'ISO-8859-1', 'UTF8');
echo bin2hex($iso8859_1_string), "\n";
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
5a6feb
5a6feb
5a6feb
5a6feb
]]>
</screen>
</informalexample>
Specifying <literal>'?'</literal> as the <literal>'to_subst'</literal> option
to <methodname>UConverter::transcode</methodname> gives the same result as
<function>utf8_decode</function> for strings which are invalid or which can not
be represented in ISO 8859-1.
<informalexample>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$utf8_string = "\xE2\x82\xAC"; // € (Euro Sign) does not exist in ISO 8859-1
$iso8859_1_string = UConverter::transcode(
$utf8_string, 'ISO-8859-1', 'UTF-8', ['to_subst' => '?']
);
var_dump($iso8859_1_string);
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
sring(1) "?"
]]>
</screen>
</informalexample>
</para>
</note>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>utf8_encode</function></member>
<member><function>mb_convert_encoding</function></member>
<member><methodname>UConverter::transcode</methodname></member>
<member><function>iconv</function></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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