note 107250 deleted from function.json-encode by cmb

Note Submitter: julien dot dev at gmail dot com ---- 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: <?php /* Imagine you have an object like this : [{"name":"php help héhéhahéhé","url":"http://payAttention.example.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.example.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 ?>