utf8_(en|de)code removed from php7?

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I recently switched to PHP 7 on my development server, which has worked just fine - until now.

Since I updated to PHP 7.0.3-10+deb.sury.org~trusty+1 (earlier today), the utf8_decode and utf8_encode functions are no longer accessible. They were, however, in previous versions of PHP7. When called, a fatal error is raised.

I read that these functions are provided by the mbstring extension, which I checked with var_dump(extension_loaded('mbstring')); is loaded.

How can I get the above functions to work again?

`mbstring` does not provide this function. Oddly enough, it's listed in [XML Parser Functions](http://php.net/manual/en/ref.xml.php). Maybe you'd like to elaborate a bit on the error message? Quick testing on my (custom) PHP7 shows it "still" works... — Linus Kleen, Feb 29 '16 at 14:23
The full error message is `Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function utf8_encode() in ...`. I managed to replace the encode function with `mb_convert_encoding($value, 'UTF-8')`, but I still want to know what causes the error. — paolo, Feb 29 '16 at 14:40
I needed the function to convert strings I got from LDAP. What else can I tell about the error message? — paolo, Feb 29 '16 at 14:41
Is this the *same* package? That is, did 7.0.3-9 not produce this error? If so, you might want to consider filing a bug report with `deb.sury.org`. — Linus Kleen, Feb 29 '16 at 14:52
Unfortunately, I don't remember which version the server ran before, but the error did definitely not occur before the update to 7.0.3-10. I will do some research about the recent changes of PHP7. Thanks for bringing me on track! — paolo, Feb 29 '16 at 14:58
If you run `php -m` does it list `xml`? You probably need to install some package like `php7-xml`. — NikiC, Feb 29 '16 at 15:21
Nailed it, thank you! No `xml` extension -> installed it -> problem solved. Feel free to write this as an answer so I can officially accept it. — paolo, Feb 29 '16 at 15:29
`mb_convert_encoding($value, 'UTF-8')` only does the same thing as `utf8_encode($value)` if your `default_charset` (PHP 5.6+) or `mbstring.internal_encoding` (PHP 5.5 or earlier) is set to "ISO-8859-1". Otherwise you'll want to explicitly set the from encoding with `mb_convert_encoding($value, 'UTF-8', 'ISO-8859-1')` — Matt Raines, Feb 29 '16 at 16:13

score 186 · Accepted Answer · edited May 11 '17 at 23:44

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I had the same problem. Just install php7.0-xml package. Ubuntu 16.04:

sudo apt-get install php7.0-xml

Edit: Restart apache2 to load the new package.

edited May 11 '17 at 23:44

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answered Apr 27 '16 at 22:32

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Restarting apache should be in bold. But thank you, this worked for me. – The Unknown Dev Jan 19 '17 at 17:14
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Just to note, `utf8_encode` and `utf8_decode` have been moved into ext/standard as of 7.2, so they will be always available from that point on (ext/standard is always available). – Joe Watkins Mar 23 '17 at 16:46
The package has changed names on apt, you should use `sudo apt-get install php-xml` – superhawk610 Nov 08 '17 at 15:00
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same solution works if you are using `nginx` with `php-fpm`, except of course, you need to restart `nginx` – Alecz Nov 15 '17 at 21:38
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No, u need to restart php-fpm the web server has nothing to do with reloading php if you run it as fast-cgi. – Michael Jan 27 '18 at 18:34
Is it me or ppa:ondrej/php doesnt have php7.0-xml? – Mark Odey Aug 07 '19 at 14:51

score 12 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 03 '16 at 18:15

On Ubuntu, you got the following message during the upgrade of PHP7:

php7.0 (7.0.3-6) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Several extensions have been split into separate extension packages:
   - php-dba - Database (dbm-style) Abstraction Layer
   - php-mbstring - Multibyte String
   - php-soap - SOAP
   - php-xml - DOM, SimpleXML, WDDX, XML, XMLReader and XMLWriter
   - php-zip - Zip
  * The new packages are not installed automatically, so you will need to
    install them by hand, if you use the functions in those modules.
  * Most modules that have been builtin before are now included in
    php7.0-common package and they are enabled by default for your
    convenience.  You can disable unneede modules via phpdismod tool.

 -- Ondřej Surý <ondrej@debian.org>  Mon, 22 Feb 2016 12:37:09 +0100

so it's one of those packages that's causing the problem. In this case, it's php-xml.

Note the

The new packages are not installed automatically

You can fix that by

sudo apt-get install php-xml
sudo apache2ctl graceful

In case anyone encounters mb_regex_encoding not found in php7.0, install php-mbstring works for me. — cwhsu, Oct 07 '16 at 15:35

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 10 '16 at 13:10

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If you are on CentOS, following command should work:

yum install php-xml

answered Oct 10 '16 at 13:10

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...same for Fedora 24 – Mike S Jun 01 '17 at 02:26

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 18 '17 at 14:56

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As the top voted answer did not work for me i found yet another package for php7 which (obvious by its name) fixed it for me

sudo apt-get install php7.0-mbstring

answered Mar 18 '17 at 14:56

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Simply using `sudo apt install php-mbstring` will do the trick as well - without version hassles. – Konrad Holl Feb 08 '18 at 10:23

score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 21 '17 at 17:16

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In Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, with php 5.6, try:

sudo apt-get install php5.6-xml
sudo service apache2 restart

answered Jun 21 '17 at 17:16

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score 1 · Answer 6 · edited Apr 27 '16 at 23:17

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The utf8_decode and utf8_encode functions are accessible in php 7:

function.utf8-encode - manual - php

This is because the php-xml package is missing in your php installation.

If your server is running Mandrake, enter "urpmi php-xml".

If your server is running EASYPHP on Windows, click on the EASYPHP logo to activate the php-xml module.

On debian or ubuntu try :

apt-get install php7.0-xmlrpc

edited Apr 27 '16 at 23:17

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answered Mar 08 '16 at 16:20

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`php7.0-xmlrpc` or `php7.0-xml`, or both? – robbash Apr 28 '16 at 12:37

score -1 · Answer 7 · answered Sep 28 '16 at 14:53

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I encountered the same problem and for me,

sudo apt-get install php-patchwork-utf8

and restarting the apache2 server solved the problem (on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS).

answered Sep 28 '16 at 14:53

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