Python script Changes files in folder recursive to another encoding.

changeEncoding.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import os
import codecs
# pip3 install cchardet
import cchardet as chardet

def changeEncoding(folder, encode_to):
  for root, dirs, files in os.walk(folder):
    path = root.split(os.sep)
    for file in files:
      if file.endswith('.php'): #filetypes
        string_path = '/'.join([str(x) for x in path]) + "/" + file
        
        read_data = None
        info = ''

        try:
          source = open(string_path, 'rb')
          read_data = source.read()
          encoding_type = chardet.detect(read_data)['encoding'].lower()

          source = codecs.open(string_path, 'r', encoding_type) #detect encoding
          read_data = source.read()

          info += " | en:" + encoding_type
          info += " | cc:" + str(len(read_data))

          target = codecs.open(string_path, 'w+', encode_to, errors='replace')
          target.write(str(read_data))
        except:
          info += " | Error!"

        print(string_path + info)

changeEncoding('folder_path', 'cp1251')