Req #53946 [PATCH]: add json_encode option for not escaping unnecessary character

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53946&edit=1 ID: 53946 Patch added by: irker@php.net Reported by: christian dot pernot at pingroom dot net Summary: add json_encode option for not escaping unnecessary character Status: Assigned Type: Feature/Change Request Package: JSON related PHP Version: 5.3.5 Assigned To: scottmac Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: The following patch has been added/updated: Patch Name: json_unescaped_unicode Revision: 1311091293 URL: https://bugs.php.net/patch-display.php?bug=53946&patch=json_unescaped_unicode&revision=1311091293 Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-03-25 17:59:42] trolzen at gmail dot com Maybe it's worth mentioning in manual that json_encode converts national characters into strings like \uxxxx and that there is no way to change this behaviour yet? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-02-10 20:42:42] scottmac@php.net Seems reasonable to add. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-02-07 10:22:03] christian dot pernot at pingroom dot net Description: ------------ It would be great to have a option for json_encode which make possible to keep non-ascii character "as such" in strings (and not \uxxxx), which is the case for example with mozilla's JSON.stringify. json.org states string can have "any-Unicode-character-except-"-or-\-or-control-character" Test script: --------------- $str = "test accentué"; echo json_encode($str); gives "test accentu\u00e9" Expected result: ---------------- "test accentué" Actual result: -------------- "test accentu\u00e9" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53946&edit=1