PHP decoding and encoding json with unicode characters

Question

I have some json I need to decode, alter and then encode without messing up any characters.

If I have a unicode character in a json string it will not decode. I\'m n

Answer 1

try setting the utf-8 encoding in your page:

header('content-type:text/html;charset=utf-8');

this works for me:

$arr = array('tag' => 'Odómetro');
$encoded = json_encode($arr);
$decoded = json_decode($encoded);
echo $decoded->{'tag'};