- mb_convert_encoding: documentation ( source)
- var_dump: documentation ( source)
- mb_internal_encoding: documentation ( source)
- unpack: documentation ( source)
<?php
$string = "\xe2\x82\xac";
var_dump(mb_internal_encoding());
var_dump($string);
var_dump(unpack('C*', $string));
$utf8string = mb_convert_encoding($string, "UTF-8");
var_dump($utf8string);
var_dump(unpack('C*', $utf8string));
mb_internal_encoding("UTF-8");
var_dump($string);
var_dump($utf8string);