Re: What should we do with utf8_encode and utf8_decode?

From: Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 15:34:49 +0000
Subject: Re: What should we do with utf8_encode and utf8_decode?
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> I'm using utf8_encode()/utf8_decode() to make input string safe to be
> stored in DB, and back. In most cases the input is utf-8, but it
> occasionally may contain "broken characters".
>

What exactly do you mean by making the input string safe? If I understand
correctly utf8_decode(utf8_encode($str)) should just be an identity
function. Could you please explain what is the purpose of using these
functions in such a way?

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