(PHP 4, PHP 5)
recode_string — Recode a string according to a recode request
$request
   , string $string
   )
   Recode the string string according to
   the recode request request. 
  
   Returns the recoded string or FALSE, if unable to 
   perform the recode request.
  
Example #1 Basic recode_string() example
<?php
echo recode_string("us..flat", "The following character has a diacritical mark: รก");
?>
A simple recode request may be "lat1..iso646-de".