Re: utf8_encode(utf8_decode(string)) doesn't return same string

From	Giacomo M <kylnas@tiscali.it>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.php
Subject	Re: utf8_encode(utf8_decode(string)) doesn't return same string
Date	2013-02-21 19:39 +0100
Organization	Aioe.org NNTP Server
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Il 21/02/2013 16:58, The Natural Philosopher ha scritto:
> "Please note that utf8_decode simply converts a string encoded in UTF-8
> to ISO-8859-1. A more appropriate name for it would be utf8_to_iso88591.
> If your text is already encoded in ISO-8859-1, you do not need this
> function. If you don't want to use ISO-8859-1, you do not need this
> function.
>
> Note that UTF-8 can represent many more characters than ISO-8859-1.
> Trying to convert a UTF-8 string that contains characters that can't be
> represented in ISO-8859-1 to ISO-8859-1 will garble your text and/or
> cause characters to go missing. Trying to convert text that is not
> encoded in UTF-8 using this function will most likely garble the text."

Not my case. I first encode an ISO string in UTF, after i decode the 
same string. Why I get differet strings?

Thanks.

-- 
Giacomo

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utf8_encode(utf8_decode(string)) doesn't return same string Giacomo M <kylnas@tiscali.it> - 2013-02-21 14:44 +0100
  Re: utf8_encode(utf8_decode(string)) doesn't return same string The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2013-02-21 15:18 +0000
    Re: utf8_encode(utf8_decode(string)) doesn't return same string The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2013-02-21 15:58 +0000
      Re: utf8_encode(utf8_decode(string)) doesn't return same string Giacomo M <kylnas@tiscali.it> - 2013-02-21 19:39 +0100
        Re: utf8_encode(utf8_decode(string)) doesn't return same string Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2013-02-21 19:08 +0000
          Re: utf8_encode(utf8_decode(string)) doesn't return same string Giacomo M <kylnas@tiscali.it> - 2013-02-21 20:13 +0100
            Re: utf8_encode(utf8_decode(string)) doesn't return same string Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2013-02-21 22:29 +0000

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