Strings encoded in two-byte UNICODE (UCS-2)

[yosra]

i want to convert a string to two-byte UNICODE (UCS-2)

i have been tryin this command 

 

$str =mb_convert_encoding($str,"UCS2","UTF-8");

 

but it doesn't work the string won't convert 

 

[jugesh]

Check on the link given below:

http://php.net/manual/en/ref.mbstring.php

[requinix]

This page may be more useful.

 

Spoiler alert: it's not "UCS2".

[yosra]

ohhh yes i change it UCS-2 samething it didn't work

[kathas]

Chances are the input string is not utf-8. I would suggest the following

print_r(
  mb_list_encodings()
);

and check if ucs-2 is in the list. If it is then probably the input string is not utf-8.

[yosra]

yes UCS-2 does exist [16] => UCS-2

[requinix]

What does

echo mb_detect_encoding($str, "UTF-8,ASCII");

output? (Before you try this conversion.)

Edited April 23, 2013 by requinix

[yosra]

it's  UTF-8

[requinix]

What is an example string (preferably one with unusual characters) and the bin2hex($str) of it?

[yosra]

i tried  bin2hex("admin") =>61646d696e

      bin2hex("^à@kol")=>5ec3a0406b6f6c

[kathas]

You could also tell us the output of the conversion.

bin2hex(mb_convert_encoding("^à@kol","ucs-2","utf-8")) // 005e00e00040006b006f006c

which is correct ucs-2 big endian.

[yosra]

yes bin2hex(mb_convert_encoding("^à@kol","ucs-2","utf-8")) gives me the same output 
thank u