- var_dump: documentation ( source)
- mb_check_encoding: documentation ( source)
<?php
$ascii = 'foo';
var_dump(mb_check_encoding($ascii, 'UTF-8'));
var_dump(mb_check_encoding($ascii, 'ASCII'));
$utf8 = 'Österreich';
var_dump(mb_check_encoding($utf8, 'UTF-8'));
var_dump(mb_check_encoding($utf8, 'ASCII'));
$jp = '日本語';
var_dump(mb_check_encoding($jp, 'UTF-8'));
var_dump(mb_check_encoding($jp, 'ASCII'));