note 117167 added to json.constants

since json_encode expects a UTF-8 string there is no need to encode the € symbol. I suggest you try to echo : json_encode('€'); It gives: "\u20ac" I'm running PHP 5.6.5 on the CLI, on MacOS X 10.10 ---- Server IP: 72.52.91.14 Probable Submitter: 2a02:1811:8c:7f00:b42e:827b:f3c0:51f9 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/json.constants.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/117167 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/117167/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/117167/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/117167/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/117167/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/117167/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/117167/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/117167 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/117167 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php