Convert unicode to its actual symbol

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How do I convert \u20B9 to the symbol ₹ in PHP?

I tried utf8_decode() but it is returning the same string.

Upgrade to php 7 and you *(in most situations)* no longer have to worry about all of this unicode stuff. ref: http://stackoverflow.com/a/34404876/797620 — Abela, Nov 10 '16 at 05:50

Manthan Dave · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-10T05:43:48.657

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You can use json_decode method because JSON directly supports the \uxxxx syntax

$unicodeChar = '\u20B9';
echo json_decode('"'.$unicodeChar.'"');

edited Nov 10 '16 at 05:43

answered Nov 10 '16 at 05:39

Manthan Dave

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You **need** or you "can"? To my knowledge there are multiple methods to do this. – Xorifelse Nov 10 '16 at 05:43

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