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convert unicode characters to utf8
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unicode_decode_utf16.php
<?php
$str = preg_replace_callback('/\\\\u([0-9a-fA-F]{4})/', function ($match) {
if ($match) {
return mb_convert_encoding(pack('H*', $match[1]), 'UTF-8', 'UTF-16BE');
}
}, $str);
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unicode_decode_utf8.php
<?php
$str = preg_replace_callback('/\\\\u([0-9a-fA-F]{4})/', function ($match) {
if ($match) {
return mb_convert_encoding(pack('H*', $match[1]), 'UTF-8', 'UCS-2BE');
}
}, $str);
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