utf8.php

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Transform textfiles from any encoding type to utf8

wget -O utf8.php http://goo.gl/QrblHb
chmod +x utf8.php
./utf8.php

Example, for all srt in a folder:

for f in *.srt; do ./utf8.php $f; done

utf8.php

#!/usr/bin/env php
<?php

$file = isset($argv[1]) ? $argv[1]: '';

if (! is_file($file)) {
    echo 'ERROR: Not a file' . PHP_EOL;
    exit(1);
}

$commandGetOriginalEncoding = 'file -b --mime-encoding "' . $file . '"';
$originalEncoding = exec($commandGetOriginalEncoding);

$commandSetUtf8 = 'iconv -f ' . $originalEncoding . ' -t utf8 "' . $file . '" > "_' . $file . '"';
exec($commandSetUtf8);

$commandGetFinalEncoding = 'file -b --mime-encoding "_' . $file . '"';
$finalEncoding = exec($commandGetFinalEncoding);

echo PHP_EOL;
echo 'DONE' . PHP_EOL;
echo PHP_EOL;
echo 'Final Encoding: '    . $finalEncoding    . PHP_EOL;
echo 'Final file: _'       . $file             . PHP_EOL;
echo 'Original Encoding: ' . $originalEncoding . PHP_EOL;