Hi Derick, Currently, we are discussing about the specification of mb_list_encoding () and some other related functions such as mb_list_encodings_alias_names(), mb_list_mime_names() on mailing list for Japanese PHP developers.
In mbstring, the encoding is defined in the three ways (1.character encoding,2.its alias, 3.MIME encoding). mb_list_encoding() returns the list of supported character encodings in mbstring, but, it doesn't return the alias and MIME encoding. The list of alias and MIME encoding are also useful for us. mb_list_encodings_alias_names(), mb_list_mime_names() are recently added as new functions in PHP_5_2 branch. mb_list_encodings_alias_names() returns the supported list of alias encoding. mb_list_mime_names() returns the supported list of MIME encoding. The other solution to support list of alias and MIME encoding is adding an option to mb_list_encoding() such as mb_list_encodings([int type]) type : MB_ENCODING_LISTS_ALL (returns encodings, alias, MIME) MB_ENCODING_LISTS_ALIAS (returns alias) MB_ENCODING_LISTS_MIME (returns mime) MB_ENCODING_LISTS_ENTITY (returns encodings, default for backward compatibility) I know you wrote the function mb_list_encoding() in 2004. -- Revision 1.211 Mon Mar 8 22:18:03 2004 UTC by derick Branch: MAIN - Added mb_list_encoding() to return an array with all mbstring supported encodings. -- What do you think about the specification ? Which way do you prefer to support alias/MIME encoding? 1. adding new functions (mb_list_encodings_alias_names(), mb_list_mime_names()) 2. adding an option to mb_list_encoding(). Regards, Rui Hirokawa -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php