Converts data to UTF-8.
Requires the iconv, GNU recode or mbstring PHP extension.
string $data: The data to be converted.
string $encoding: The encoding that the data is in.
string|bool Converted data or FALSE.
public static function convertToUtf8($data, $encoding) {
if (function_exists('iconv')) {
return @iconv($encoding, 'utf-8', $data);
}
elseif (function_exists('mb_convert_encoding')) {
return @mb_convert_encoding($data, 'utf-8', $encoding);
}
elseif (function_exists('recode_string')) {
return @recode_string($encoding . '..utf-8', $data);
}
// Cannot convert.
return FALSE;
}