Using WordPress ‘reset_mbstring_encoding()’ PHP function

The reset_mbstring_encoding() WordPress PHP function resets the mbstring internal encoding to a user’s previously set encoding.

Usage

To use the reset_mbstring_encoding() function, simply call it in your code:

reset_mbstring_encoding();

Parameters

This function does not have any parameters.

More information

See WordPress Developer Resources: reset_mbstring_encoding()

This function is related to mbstring_binary_safe_encoding(), which temporarily changes the mbstring internal encoding to a binary-safe encoding.

Examples

Reset encoding after using mbstring_binary_safe_encoding()

Reset the encoding after using mbstring_binary_safe_encoding() for safe string operations.

mbstring_binary_safe_encoding();
// Perform binary-safe string operations here
reset_mbstring_encoding();

Reset encoding after manipulating strings with different encodings

Reset the encoding after working with strings in different encodings.

mb_internal_encoding('UTF-8');
// Perform string operations with UTF-8 encoding
reset_mbstring_encoding();

Reset encoding after using mb_convert_encoding()

Reset the encoding after converting a string using mb_convert_encoding().

$converted_string = mb_convert_encoding($string, 'UTF-8', 'ISO-8859-1');
// Perform operations with the converted string
reset_mbstring_encoding();

Reset encoding after using mb_substr()

Reset the encoding after using mb_substr() to extract a substring.

$substring = mb_substr($string, 0, 10, 'UTF-8');
// Perform operations with the extracted substring
reset_mbstring_encoding();

Reset encoding after using mb_strtolower()

Reset the encoding after using mb_strtolower() to convert a string to lowercase.

$lowercase_string = mb_strtolower($string, 'UTF-8');
// Perform operations with the lowercase string
reset_mbstring_encoding();