convert KOI8-R to UTF8

Question

I need to convert a KOI8-R encoded string into plain UTF8

Answer 1

You can use mb_convert_encoding:

$output = mb_convert_encoding($input, 'UTF-8', 'KOI8-R');

Answer 2

$output = iconv('KOI8-R', 'UTF-8', $input);

also worked :)

There is also the option for it to remove corrupt or unrecognized characters

iconv("KOI8-R", "UTF-8//IGNORE", $text)

But you need iconv to be installed.