.. _extensions-extmbstring:

.. _ext-mbstring:

ext/mbstring
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  Extension ``ext/mbstring``.

``mbstring`` provides multibyte specific string functions that help you deal with multibyte encodings in PHP.

.. code-block:: php
   
   <?php
   /* Convert internal character encoding to SJIS */
   $str = mb_convert_encoding($str, "SJIS");
   
   /* Convert EUC-JP to UTF-7 */
   $str = mb_convert_encoding($str, "UTF-7", "EUC-JP");
   
   /* Auto detect encoding from JIS, eucjp-win, sjis-win, then convert str to UCS-2LE */
   $str = mb_convert_encoding($str, "UCS-2LE", "JIS, eucjp-win, sjis-win");
   
   /* "auto" is expanded to "ASCII,JIS,UTF-8,EUC-JP,SJIS" */
   $str = mb_convert_encoding($str, "EUC-JP", "auto");
   ?>

See also `Mbstring <http://www.php.net/manual/en/book.mbstring.php>`_.


Specs
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| Short name   | Extensions/Extmbstring                                                                                                                                                                  |
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| Rulesets     | :ref:`All <ruleset-All>`, :ref:`Appinfo <ruleset-Appinfo>`, :ref:`CE <ruleset-CE>`, :ref:`Changed Behavior <ruleset-Changed-Behavior>`                                                  |
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| Exakat since | 0.8.4                                                                                                                                                                                   |
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| PHP Version  | All                                                                                                                                                                                     |
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| Severity     |                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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| Time To Fix  |                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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| Precision    | Very high                                                                                                                                                                               |
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| Available in | `Entreprise Edition <https://www.exakat.io/entreprise-edition>`_, `Community Edition <https://www.exakat.io/community-edition>`_, `Exakat Cloud <https://www.exakat.io/exakat-cloud/>`_ |
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