def get_coding(text, force_chardet=False):
    """
    Function to get the coding of a text.
    @param text text to inspect (string)
    @return coding string
    """
    if not force_chardet:
        for line in text.splitlines()[:2]:
            try:
                result = CODING_RE.search(to_text_string(line))
            except UnicodeDecodeError:
                # This could fail because to_text_string assume the text
                # is utf8-like and we don't know the encoding to give
                # it to to_text_string
                pass
            else:
                if result:
                    codec = result.group(1)
                    # sometimes we find a false encoding that can
                    # result in errors
                    if codec in CODECS:
                        return codec

    # Fallback using chardet
    if is_binary_string(text):
        detector = UniversalDetector()
        for line in text.splitlines()[:2]:
            detector.feed(line)
            if detector.done: break

        detector.close()
        return detector.result['encoding']

    return None