Doc #52622 [Asn->Csd]: Mention that JSON must be UTF-8 encoded

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52622&edit=1 ID: 52622 Updated by: aharvey@php.net Reported by: bugs dot 20 dot awd at spamgourmet dot com Summary: Mention that JSON must be UTF-8 encoded -Status: Assigned +Status: Closed Type: Documentation Problem Package: Documentation problem PHP Version: 5.2.14 Assigned To: aharvey Block user comment: N New Comment: This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-08-17 10:31:14] aharvey@php.net Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of aharvey Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=302383 Log: Fix doc bug #52622 (Mention that JSON must be UTF-8 encoded). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-08-17 10:15:32] bugs dot 20 dot awd at spamgourmet dot com Description: ------------ I had a problem with json_decode() that it returned NULL via _GET even though the JSON was valid. Turns out that the JSON string has to be UTF-8 encoded (thanks to the commenter). This should be mentioned in the docs in the parameter breakdown. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52622&edit=1