Convert Unicode escape sequence to UTF-8

Question

I'm trying to convert some characters with PHP before inserting to MySQL DB a JSON object with this kind of data:

\u00c9

that means: É

I tried this but it didn't work:

echo utf8_encode(print_r('\u00c9'));

I've read that it's in Unicode but i can't find the way to print it before inserting it. Any ideas?

Read the comment: http://us2.php.net//manual/en/function.utf8-encode.php#104906. — Rahil Wazir, Jun 24 '14 at 19:30

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:26

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Take a look at this answer. TL;DR:

echo json_decode('"\u00c9"');

edited May 23 '17 at 10:26

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answered Jun 24 '14 at 19:39

cOle2

@matuuz: Make sure you are viewing it on a UTF-8 encoded page, it does work: http://codepad.org/VlBUqdny – cOle2 Jun 24 '14 at 20:20
yeahh that was it :D thank you: – matuuz Jun 24 '14 at 20:27

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