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to\_charset {#language.modifier.to_charset}
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`to_charset` is used to transcode a string from the internal charset to
a given charset. This is the exact opposite of the [from\_charset
modifier](#language.modifier.from_charset).
Parameter Position Type Required Possible Values Default Description
-------------------- -------- ---------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- -------------------------------------------------------------
1 string No `ISO-8859-1`, `UTF-8`, and any character set supported by [`mb_convert_encoding()`](&url.php-manual;mb_convert_encoding) `ISO-8859-1` The charset encoding the value is supposed to be encoded to
> **Note**
>
> Charset encoding should be handled by the application itself. This
> modifier should only be used in cases where the application cannot
> anticipate that a certain string is required in another encoding.
See also [Charset Encoding](#charset), [from\_charset
modifier](#language.modifier.from_charset).