Title: Requests_IDNAEncoder::punycode_encode
Published: August 16, 2016
Last modified: November 2, 2022

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# Requests_IDNAEncoder::punycode_encode( string $input ): string

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_idnaencoder/punycode_encode/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_idnaencoder/punycode_encode/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_idnaencoder/punycode_encode/?output_format=md#source)

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RFC3492-compliant encoder

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_idnaencoder/punycode_encode/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$input`stringrequired

UTF-8 encoded string to encode

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_idnaencoder/punycode_encode/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 string Punycode-encoded string

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_idnaencoder/punycode_encode/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/requests/idnaencoder.php/)
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