---
name: "Unicode::UTF8simple"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-unicode-utf8simple"
version: "1.06-9"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Unicode::UTF8simple"
---

# Unicode::UTF8simple(3)

Conversions to/from UTF8 from/to charactersets

## NAME

Unicode::UTF8simple - Conversions to/from UTF8 from/to charactersets

## SYNOPSIS

```
 use Unicode::UTF8simple;

 my $uref = new Unicode::UTF8simple;
 #convert a string (here: schön) to a utf8 byte string
 my $utf8string=$uref->toUTF8("iso-8859-1","schön");
 #convert a string from utf-8 to specified encoding
 my $string=$uref->fromUTF8("iso-8859-1",$utf8string);
 #get a lit of supported encodings:
 my @listOfNames=$uref->enclist();
 #check if a given encoding (here gb2312) is supported
 if ($uref->encsup('gb2312')){ ... }
```

## DESCRIPTION

Provides UTF-8 conversion for perl versions from 5.00 and up. It was mainly written for use with perl 5.00 to 5.6.0 because those perl versions do not support Unicode::MapUTF8 or Encode.

Unicode::UTF8simple is written in plain perl (no C code) and will work with any Perl 5 version. It is just slightly slower than Encode.

## AUTHOR

Guido Socher (guido at linuxfocus.org)

## POD ERRORS

Hey! **The above document had some coding errors, which are explained below:**

- Around line 40:

  Non-ASCII character seen before =encoding in 'schön)'. Assuming CP1252