Can anyone let me know What is encoding format of attached screen shot?

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I am forwarding email from server to php file with script. when I get any special chars, I have string in format which is given in screen shot.

I am doing all in PHP.

Thanks in advance.

Possible duplicate of [What is "=C2=A0" in MIME encoded, quoted-printable text?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2774471/what-is-c2-a0-in-mime-encoded-quoted-printable-text) — Ralph Ritoch, Dec 18 '17 at 08:50

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 18 '17 at 08:03

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That's UTF-8 encoded as Quoted-Printable.

answered Dec 18 '17 at 08:03

Thanks man!, you saved my many hours.. – Mujtaba Ahmad Dec 19 '17 at 04:50
When i try to save it into database it saves as ??????. Can you help me how i can solve it? – Mujtaba Ahmad Dec 19 '17 at 04:51

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 18 '17 at 08:02

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You can use mb_detect_encoding function from php.

You can also retrieve data from a file to check the encoding. (like your stored emails).

answered Dec 18 '17 at 08:02

pr1nc3

According to documentation it can detect ASCII using `auto` – pr1nc3 Dec 18 '17 at 08:15
ASCII is the output – pr1nc3 Dec 18 '17 at 08:31
It doesn't really detect 8 bit ascii vs 7 bit. Either way, this is quoted printable which is the format used for emails. – Ralph Ritoch Dec 18 '17 at 08:32
$a = chr(254)."2017 Dec 10\n=E0=B8=AA=E0=B8=A7=E0=B8=B1=E0=B8=AA=E0=10=B8=A3=E0=B8=B1=E0=B8=9A"; echo mb_detect_encoding($a,"auto"); – Ralph Ritoch Dec 18 '17 at 08:33
Here is the best reference I can find on the issue. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20629938/how-to-detect-cp437-using-php – Ralph Ritoch Dec 18 '17 at 08:41
The 7 bit works, the 8 bit doesn't. This is relevant if you need to encode emails. If 7bit there's no need to encode, but if it is 8 bit than you need to usually use quoted printable, or base64. – Ralph Ritoch Dec 18 '17 at 08:45

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