from_encoding is specified by character code name before conversion. it can be array or string - comma separated enumerated list. If it is not specified, the internal encoding will be used.
/* Auto detect encoding from JIS, eucjp-win, sjis-win, then convert str to UCS-2LE */ $str = mb_convert_encoding($str, “UCS-2LE”, “JIS, eucjp-win, sjis-win”); /* “auto” is expanded to “ASCII,JIS,UTF-8,EUC-JP,SJIS” */ $str = mb_convert_encoding($str, “EUC-JP”, “auto”);