PHP utf8_decode() function usage and examples

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utf8_decode() function is used to convert strings encoded in UTF-8 encoded ISO-8859-1 Convert strings to single-byte ISO-8859-1 string

Syntax

string utf8_decode ( string $data )

Definition and usage

It is used to convert strings encoded in UTF-8encoded ISO-8859-1Convert the string of characters to single-byte ISO-8859-1

Return value

If successful, the function returns the decoded string. If failed, it returns FALSE.

Parameter

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