Unicode character in PHP string

Question

This question looks embarrassingly simple, but I haven\'t been able to find an answer.

What is the PHP equivalent to the following C# line of code?

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Answer 1

function unicode_to_textstring($str){

    $rawstr = pack('H*', $str);

    $newstr =  iconv('UTF-16BE', 'UTF-8', $rawstr);
    return $newstr;
}

$msg = '67714eac99c500200054006f006b0079006f002000530074006100740069006f006e003a0020';

echo unicode_to_textstring($str);