Joomla Troubleshooter. How to deal with “Deprecated function iconv_set_encoding()” error

This tutorial will show you how to deal with ‘iconv_set_encoding()’ error during Joomla installation in php 5.6 environment.

Joomla Troubleshooter. How to deal with “Deprecated function iconv_set_encoding()” error

The error may look like the following:

Deprecated: iconv_set_encoding(): Use of iconv.internal_encoding is deprecated in public_html\joomla\libraries\joomla\string\string.php on line 27

Deprecated: iconv_set_encoding(): Use of iconv.input_encoding is deprecated in public_html\joomla\libraries\joomla\string\string.php on line 28

Deprecated: iconv_set_encoding(): Use of iconv.output_encoding is deprecated in public_html\joomla\libraries\joomla\string\string.php on line 29

Let’s see how to deal with this issue.

1. Open the file string.php in ‘public_html\joomla\libraries\joomla\string\’ directory. Go to the line 27.

2. Now change the lines below:

   if (function_exists('iconv'))
   {
   // These are settings that can be set inside code
   iconv_set_encoding("internal_encoding", "UTF-8");
   iconv_set_encoding("input_encoding", "UTF-8");
   iconv_set_encoding("output_encoding", "UTF-8");
   }

3. to the following:

   if (function_exists('iconv') && PHP_VERSION_ID < 50600)
   {
   // These are settings that can be set inside code
   iconv_set_encoding("internal_encoding", "UTF-8");
   iconv_set_encoding("input_encoding", "UTF-8");
   iconv_set_encoding("output_encoding", "UTF-8");
   }
   elseif (PHP_VERSION_ID >= 50600)
   {
   ini_set("default_charset", "UTF-8");
   }

This should resolve the problem and let you proceed to the next level during Joomla installation:

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Joomla Troubleshooter. How to deal with “Deprecated function iconv_set_encoding()” error