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+--TEST--
+Test UConverter::transcode() function : basic functionality 
+--CREDITS--
+Rodrigo Prado de Jesus <royopa [at] gmail [dot] com>
+User Group: PHPSP #phptestfestbrasil
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php 
+	if (!extension_loaded('intl')) die('skip - INTL extension not loaded'); 
+?>
+--FILE--
+<?php 
+
+$latin1string = "Lingüiça assada não mata a fome";
+
+$utf8string = UConverter::transcode($latin1string, 'utf-8', 'latin1');
+
+var_dump($utf8string);
+
+$utf8string = "Lingüiça assada não mata a fome";
+
+$latin1string = UConverter::transcode($utf8string, 'latin1', 'utf-8');
+
+var_dump($latin1string);
+
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+string(40) "Lingüiça assada não mata a fome"
+string(34) "Lingüiça assada não mata a fome"