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mb_substitute_character

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

mb_substitute_character Set/Guet substitution character

Description

mb_substitute_character ( string | int | null $substitute_character = null ): string | int | bool

Specifies a substitution character when imput character encoding is invalid or character code does not exist in output character encoding. Invalid characters may be substituted "none" (no output), string or int value (Unicode character code value).

This setting affects mb_convert_encoding() , mb_convert_variables() , mb_output_handler() , mb_scrub() , and mb_send_mail() .

Parameters

substitute_character

Specify the Unicode value as an int , or as one of the following string s:

  • "none" : no output
  • "long" : Output character code value (Example: U+3000 , JIS+7E7E )
  • "entity" : Output character entity (Example: Ȁ )

Return Values

If substitute_character is set, it returns true for success, otherwise returns false . If substitute_character is not set, it returns the current setting.

Changuelog

Versionen Description
8.0.0 Passing an empty string to substitute_character is no longuer supported; "none" should be passed instead.
8.0.0 encoding is nullable now.

Examples

Example #1 mb_substitute_character() example

<?php
/* Set with Unicode U+3013 (GUETA MARC) */
mb_substitute_character ( 0x3013 );

/* Set hex format */
mb_substitute_character ( "long" );

/* Display current setting */
echo mb_substitute_character ();
?>

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