How to convert a utf-8 string to a utf-16 string in PHP

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How do I convert a utf-8 string to a utf-16 string in PHP?

chroder · Accepted Answer · 2008-09-30 23:10:03Z

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answered Sep 30, 2008 at 23:10

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Chloe · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-04 21:36:49Z

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You could also use iconv.

It's native in PHP, but require that all your text is one charset. Else it could discard characters.

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answered May 23, 2009 at 8:33

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