utf8_decode

Function • Misc changes in PHP 8.4

Converts a string from UTF-8 to ISO-8859-1, replacing invalid or unrepresentable characters.

PHP 5

PHP 7

Improved

PHP 8.1

Deprecated

PHP 8.3

Changed

PHP 8.5

PHP 8.6

`utf8_decode` Function synopsis

#[\Deprecated]
utf8_decode(string $string): string

Parameters

`$string`

Typestring

A UTF-8 encoded string.

Return value

Typestring

Returns the ISO-8859-1 translation of $string.

Changes to the `utf8_decode` Function

PHP 8.4

Attribute added: #[Deprecated]

PHP 8.2

utf8_encode and utf8_decode functions deprecated

Function deprecated

PHP 8.0

Return type added: string
Parameter name of parameter #1 changed: $data to $string
Parameter type added for parameter #1 ($string): string

- utf8_decode($data)
+ utf8_decode(string $string): string

PHP 7.2

Moved from xml extension to standard extension

`utf8_decode` Function Availability

PHP Version	Availability
PHP 8.6Upcoming Release	Yes Deprecated
PHP 8.5Supported (Latest)	Yes Deprecated
PHP 8.4Supported	Yes Deprecated
PHP 8.3Security-Fixes Only	Yes Deprecated
PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only	Yes Deprecated
PHP 8.1Unsupported	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