mb_detect_encoding
    (PHP 4 >= 4.0.6)
mb_detect_encoding -- Detect character encoding
Description
string 
mb_detect_encoding ( string str [, mixed encoding-list])
     mb_detect_encoding() detects character
     encoding in string str. It returns
     detected character encoding.
    
     encoding-list is list of character
     encoding. Encoding order may be specified by array or comma
     separated list string.
    
     If encoding_list is omitted,
     detect_order is used.
    
     
| Example 1. mb_detect_encoding() example | /* Detect character encoding with current detect_order */
echo mb_detect_encoding($str);
/* "auto" is expanded to "ASCII,JIS,UTF-8,EUC-JP,SJIS" */
echo mb_detect_encoding($str, "auto");
/* Specify encoding_list character encoding by comma separated list */
echo mb_detect_encoding($str, "JIS, eucjp-win, sjis-win");
/* Use array to specify encoding_list  */
$ary[] = "ASCII";
$ary[] = "JIS";
$ary[] = "EUC-JP";
echo mb_detect_encoding($str, $ary); | 
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     See also: mb_detect_order().