default_charset
INI • INI default value changed in 5.6
default_charset — PHP's default character set is set to UTF-8.
| Default value | "UTF-8" |
| Development value | "UTF-8" |
| Production value | "UTF-8" |
Modifiability: INI_ALL - The default_charset INI directive can be configured anywhere, including php.ini files, ini_set calls, Apache .htaccess files, per-directory .ini files, etc.
PHP 5
PHP 7
PHP 8.0
PHP 8.1-8.2
PHP 8.3-8.4
PHP 8.5
PHP 8.6
default_charset = "UTF-8"Changes to the default_charset INI
PHP 5.6
- INI directive default value changed from
` toUTF-8`
default_charset INI Availability
default_charset INI Availability| PHP Version | Availability |
|---|---|
| PHP 8.6Upcoming Release | Yes |
| PHP 8.5Supported (Latest) | Yes |
| PHP 8.4Supported | Yes |
| PHP 8.3Supported | Yes |
| PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only | Yes |
| PHP 8.1Security-Fixes Only | Yes |
| PHP 8.0Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 7.4Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 7.3Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 7.2Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 7.1Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 7.0Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 5.6Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 5.5Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 5.4Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 5.3Unsupported | Yes |