How to convert to UTF-8?

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Hello! Can you help me. I hae the text:

Êîìïàêòíûé è ýêîíîìè÷íûé ìîòîð Ec

I try convert it to UTF-8 with iconv:

PHP

return iconv ("windows-1252","windows-1252", $text);

But it does not work.
How to convert?

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Posted 5-Jun-13 7:59am

Jardin1

Updated 5-Jun-13 8:10am

Thomas Daniels

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Ron Beyer · Answer 1 · 2013-06-05T08:02:00

Solution 1

The input charset and output charset you have are exactly the same, so its not converting it.

Try something like:

PHP

iconv("windows-1252", "UTF-8", $text)

[Edit]Code block added[/Edit]

Posted 5-Jun-13 8:02am

Ron Beyer

Updated 5-Jun-13 8:09am

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Jardin1 5-Jun-13 15:04pm

Now i got the next: ÃƒÅ ÃƒÂ®ÃƒÂ¬ÃƒÂ¯ÃƒÂ ÃƒÂªÃƒÂ²ÃƒÂÃƒÂ»Ãƒ

Jardin1 5-Jun-13 15:43pm

i can not define encode:

ñâîèõ êàòåãîðèÿõ å

Ron Beyer 5-Jun-13 16:13pm

what encoding is the text that you are starting from, how do you know its windows-1252?

Jardin1 5-Jun-13 16:22pm

i used online service that showed me way of recoding

Ron Beyer 5-Jun-13 16:48pm

I don't think you understand what I'm asking... you want to convert TO UTF-8, but what are you starting from, do you know what the original encoding is?