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+<?php
+/*
+ * This file is part of PHPUnit.
+ *
+ * (c) Sebastian Bergmann <sebastian@phpunit.de>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * String helpers.
+ *
+ * @since Class available since Release 3.6.0
+ */
+class PHPUnit_Util_String
+{
+ /**
+ * Converts a string to UTF-8 encoding.
+ *
+ * @param string $string
+ *
+ * @return string
+ */
+ public static function convertToUtf8($string)
+ {
+ if (!self::isUtf8($string)) {
+ if (function_exists('mb_convert_encoding')) {
+ $string = mb_convert_encoding($string, 'UTF-8');
+ } else {
+ $string = utf8_encode($string);
+ }
+ }
+
+ return $string;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Checks a string for UTF-8 encoding.
+ *
+ * @param string $string
+ *
+ * @return bool
+ */
+ protected static function isUtf8($string)
+ {
+ $length = strlen($string);
+
+ for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) {
+ if (ord($string[$i]) < 0x80) {
+ $n = 0;
+ } elseif ((ord($string[$i]) & 0xE0) == 0xC0) {
+ $n = 1;
+ } elseif ((ord($string[$i]) & 0xF0) == 0xE0) {
+ $n = 2;
+ } elseif ((ord($string[$i]) & 0xF0) == 0xF0) {
+ $n = 3;
+ } else {
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ for ($j = 0; $j < $n; $j++) {
+ if ((++$i == $length) || ((ord($string[$i]) & 0xC0) != 0x80)) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ return true;
+ }
+}