/**
* This safely converts an iso-8859 string into an utf-8 encoded
* string. It does not convert when the string is already utf-8 encoded
*
* @param string $text iso-8859 encoded text
* @param string $charset This is a k.o.-Argument. If it is NOT equal to 'utf-8', no conversion will take place
* @return string
*/
function safe_utf8_encode($text, $charset)
{
if (strtolower($charset) == 'utf-8' && !vmAbstractLanguage::seems_utf8($text)) {
// safely decode and reencode the string
$text = utf8_encode($text);
}
// This converts the currency symbol from HTML entity to the utf-8 symbol
// example: € => €
$text = vmHtmlEntityDecode($text, null, vmGetCharset());
return $text;
}
