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