---
name: "DBM_Filter::utf8"
section: "3p"
platform: "openbsd"
package: "man"
version: "8.0-current-20261101"
release: "OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01)"
platforms: ["openbsd"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/DBM_Filter::utf8"
---

# DBM\_Filter::utf8(3p)

filter for DBM\_Filter

## NAME

DBM\_Filter::utf8 - filter for DBM\_Filter

## SYNOPSIS

```
    use SDBM_File; # or DB_File, GDBM_File, NDBM_File, or ODBM_File
    use DBM_Filter;
    $db = tie %hash, ...
    $db->Filter_Push('utf8');
```

## DESCRIPTION

This Filter will ensure that all data written to the DBM will be encoded in UTF-8.

This module uses the Encode module.

## SEE ALSO

DBM\_Filter, perldbmfilter, Encode

## AUTHOR

Paul Marquess pmqs@cpan.org