Base64EncodeStringUsingCodepage

Syntax

Base64EncodeStringUsingCodepage(InputStr, Codepage);

InputStr	Input string to be base64 encoded.
Codepage	The codepage to convert the input string to before encoding it to base64 format.

Description

Encodes a text string to base64 format. Before encoding the text string, it is converted to the specified codepage. This function is used instead of Base64EncodeString if the receiving system does not handle Unicode.

Returns

The encoded string. If encoding fails an empty string is returned.

Example

$encoded_string = base64EncodeStringUsingCodepage($string, "iso 8859-1");