smarty/docs/designers/language-modifiers/language-modifier-to-charset.md

# to_charset

`to_charset` is used to transcode a string from the internal charset to
a given charset. This is the exact opposite of the [from_charset
modifier](#language.modifier.from_charset).

## Parameters

| Parameter Position | Type   | Required | Possible Values                                                                                                              | Default      | Description                                                 |
|--------------------|--------|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| 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 |

> **Note**
>
> Charset encoding should be handled by the application itself. This
> modifier should only be used in cases where the application cannot
> anticipate that a certain string is required in another encoding.

See also [Configuring Smarty](../../api/configuring.md), [from_charset
modifier](language-modifier-from-charset.md).
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			`to_charset` is used to transcode a string from the internal charset to
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			`\| Parameter Position \| Type \| Required \| Possible Values \| Default \| Description \|`
			`\|--------------------\|--------\|----------\|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\|--------------\|-------------------------------------------------------------\|`
			\| 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`
			`>`
			`> Charset encoding should be handled by the application itself. This`
			`> modifier should only be used in cases where the application cannot`
			`> anticipate that a certain string is required in another encoding.`

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Finished improving designers docs 2023-02-06 14:42:31 +01:00			`modifier](language-modifier-from-charset.md).`