setCharset

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Sets the character set of the current document.

Syntax

void setCharset ( $type )

$type

string

is a string containing the new character set identifier. This parameter is optional and if omitted defaults to ‘utf-8’.

Set the character set of the current document.

Example

global $mainframe;

$document =& JFactory::getDocument();
$document->setCharset( 'utf-8' );

echo "Character Set: " . $document->getCharset();

Might produce:

Result

Character Set: utf-8