#45232 [NEW]: json_decode() doesn't decode special characters

From: crazed007 at gmail dot com Operating system: Windows PHP version: 5.2.6 PHP Bug Type: JSON related Bug description: json_decode() doesn't decode special characters Description: ------------ When decoding a JSON encoded string which contains a special character like é or è, json_decode() returns a null. Reproduce code: --------------- $foo = '[{"city":"genève"}]'; $obj = json_decode($foo); var_dump($obj); Expected result: ---------------- array 0 => object(stdClass)[1] public 'city' => string 'genève' (length=6) Actual result: -------------- null -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=45232&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45232&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45232&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45232&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45232&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45232&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45232&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45232&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45232&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45232&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45232&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45232&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45232&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45232&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45232&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45232&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45232&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45232&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45232&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45232&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45232&r=mysqlcfg