PerlIO::encoding(3pm) Perl Programmers Reference Guide PerlIO::encoding(3pm)

NAME
       PerlIO::encoding - encoding layer

SYNOPSIS
         open($f, "<:encoding(foo)", "infoo");
         open($f, ">:encoding(bar)", "outbar");

         use Encode qw(:fallbacks);
         $PerlIO::encoding::fallback = FBPERLQQ;

DESCRIPTION
       Open a filehandle with a transparent encoding filter.

       On input, convert the bytes expected to be in the specified character
       set and encoding to Perl string data (Unicode and Perl's internal Uni-
       code encoding, UTF-8).  On output, convert Perl string data into the
       specified character set and encoding.

       When the layer is pushed the current value of $PerlIO::encoding::fall-
       back is saved and used as the CHECK argument when calling the Encode
       methods encode() and decode().

SEE ALSO
       open, Encode, "binmode" in perlfunc, perluniintro



perl v5.8.8                       2001-09-21             PerlIO::encoding(3pm)