utf8 converter fixer

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<pre><?php
$var = "Not%c3%adcias";


echo $var;
echo "\n";
echo htmlentities($var);
echo "\n";
echo urlencode($var);
echo "\n";
echo utf8_encode($var);
echo "\n";
echo to_utf8($var);
echo "\n";


function fixEncoding($in_str) 
{ 
  $cur_encoding = mb_detect_encoding($in_str) ; 
  if($cur_encoding == "UTF-8" && mb_check_encoding($in_str,"UTF-8")) 
    return $in_str; 
  else 
    return utf8_encode($in_str); 
} // fixEncoding 

function to_utf8($in) 
{ 
        if (is_array($in)) { 
            foreach ($in as $key => $value) { 
                $out[to_utf8($key)] = to_utf8($value); 
            } 
        } elseif(is_string($in)) { 
            if(mb_detect_encoding($in) != "UTF-8") 
                return utf8_encode($in); 
            else 
                return $in; 
        } else { 
            return $in; 
        } 
        return $out; 
} 
?>