From 2ecebd14b02ec1cbca2fe7aa99b4302563d6103d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andy Miller <rhuk@mac.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 12:49:38 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] added check for mbstring support

---
 index.php | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 9379b7637..3220f22c5 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ $loader = require_once $autoload;
 // Set timezone to default, falls back to system if php.ini not set
 date_default_timezone_set(@date_default_timezone_get());
 
+// Set internal encoding if mbstring loaded
+if (!extension_loaded('mbstring')) {
+    throw new \RuntimeException("'mbstring' extension is not loaded.  This is required for Grav to run correctly");
+}
+mb_internal_encoding('UTF-8');
+
 // Get the Grav instance
 $grav = Grav::instance(
     array(