string mb_convert_encoding( string $str , string $to_encoding [, mixed $from_encoding ] )
Returns the encoded string.
string iconv( string $in_charset , string $out_charset , string $str )
Returns the converted string or FALSE on failure.
What is the difference between iconv() and mb_convert_encoding() in PHP?
iconv()
included with most installs of PHP.
when characters that can't be mapped to the new character set are found, you can specify if they are converted to a 'similar' character, or ignored.
mb_convert_encoding()
usually requires installing the php-mbstring extension.
is able to handle HTML-ENTITIES, converting to and from web hex codes.
