Description
string 
iconv ( string in_charset, string out_charset, string str )
     Performs a character set conversion on the string
     str from in_charset
     to out_charset. Returns the converted
     string or FALSE on failure.
    
If you append the string //TRANSLIT to
     out_charset transliteration is activated. This
     means that when a character can't be represented in the target charset,
     it can be approximated through one or several similarly looking
     characters. If you append the string //IGNORE,
     characters that cannot be represented in the target charset are silently
     discarded. Otherwise, str is cut from the first
     illegal character.
    
     
Example 1. iconv() example: 
<?php echo iconv("ISO-8859-1", "UTF-8", "This is a test."); ?>
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