DBM_FILTER::ENCODE(3pm)

🌸 NAME 🌸

Okay so bestie, this page is DBM_Filter::encode(3pm) — literally the encode filter for DBM_Filter. The official name vibe is DBM_Filter::encode - filter for DBM_Filter. That's the whole thing. Iconic. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

Wanna see it in action? It's giving tiny-but-mighty:

use SDBM_File; # or DB_File, GDBM_File, NDBM_File, ODBM_File
use DBM_Filter ;

$db = tie %hash, ...
$db->Filter_Push('encode' => 'iso-8859-16');

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

This DBM filter lets you choose the character encoding that will be stored in the DBM file. The usage is:

$db->Filter_Push('encode' => ENCODING);

where ENCODING must be a valid encoding name that the Encode module recognises. Slay. ✨

Heads up, bestie: a fatal error will be thrown if:

1. The Encode module is not available.
2. The encoding requested is not supported by the Encode module.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Go peek at these icons:

• DBM_Filter
• perldbmfilter
• Encode

🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

Written by Paul Marquess — pmqs@cpan.org. Obsessed. 💌

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Mwah 💋 — this page ships with perl v5.42.3, dated 2026-11-03, and it's the DBM_Filter::encode(3pm) manual page. Bye bestie! 🫶🌈