iconv
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iconv is a computer program and a standardized API used to convert between different character encodings.
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[edit] iconv API
The iconv API is the standard programming interface for converting character strings from one character encoding to another in Unix-like operating systems. Initially appearing on the HP-UX operating system, it was standardized within XPG4 and is part of the Single UNIX Specification (SUS).
All recent Linux distributions contain a free implementation of iconv() as part of the GNU C Library which is the C library for current Linux systems. To use it, the GNU glibc locales need to be installed, which is provided as a separate package, named glibc-locale usually, and is normally installed by default.
[edit] Compatibility
Under Windows, the iconv binary (and thus, likely also the API) is provided by the Cygwin and GnuWin32 environments.
Iconv is also one of the libraries supported by PHP[1] (also under Windows using a DLL file), so it is possible to use iconv() from a PHP program.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- extensive iconv() HP-UX manual page with example code
- iconv() OpenGroup Standards page
- Online interface to the iconv program
- giconv a graphical interface to a patched libiconv version that recodes ASMO449+ to UTF-8
Implementations of the iconv API:
- GNU libiconv, a free iconv implementation, licensed under the LGPL
- FreeBSD port of iconv
- Citrus, the NetBSD clib implementation, under NetBSD license (assumed)
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