diff --git a/ext/intl/tests/uconverter_setSourceEncoding.phpt b/ext/intl/tests/uconverter_setSourceEncoding.phpt
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+--TEST--
+UConverter::setSourceEncoding()
+--CREDITS--
+Andy McNeice - PHP Testfest 2017
+--INI--
+intl.error_level = E_WARNING
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php if( !extension_loaded( 'intl' ) ) print 'skip'; ?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+$c = new UConverter('latin1', 'ascii');
+var_dump($c->getSourceEncoding());
+$c->setSourceEncoding('utf-7');
+var_dump($c->getSourceEncoding());
+--EXPECT--
+string(8) "US-ASCII"
+string(5) "UTF-7"