note 107250 added to function.json-encode

Guys, (and girls) A trick to unescape UTF8 for ppl with php < 5.4.0 json_encode(...) gives you \u..... right ? json_decode DOES unescape though ! so: /* Imagine you have an object like this : [{"name":"php help héhéhahéhé","url":"http://payAttention.com"},{"name":"took me brainack j'étais mal mec","url":"http://slashesEscapingSux"}] */ //first encode your object $myDirtyString = $json_encode($myObject); /*the JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES, and JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE being unavailable, you'll have some ugly escaping happening : [{"name":"php help h\u00e9h\u00e9hah\u00e9h\u00e9","url":"http:\/\/payAttention.com"},{"name":"took me brainack j'\u00e9tais mal mec","url":"http:\/\/slashesEscapingSux\/"}] */ //So, you'll have to unescape slashes: $myDirtyString = str_replace("\/","/",$myDirtyString); //Then, for the trick, escape doule quotes $myDirtyString = str_replace('"','\\"',$myDirtyString); //in oder to json_decode this trciked string (and get your utf8 unescaped) $myCleanedString = json_decode('"'.$myDirtyString.'"'); // Je tour est joué ! // There might be better ways to do it but i found so much useless nonsense on forums that i decided to go with it for tonight ---- Server IP: 89.31.146.176 Probable Submitter: 217.128.120.227 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.json-encode.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/107250 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107250/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107250/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107250/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107250/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107250/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107250/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107250 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/107250 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php