Convert arrays into UTF-8 ? PHP JSON

Question

i have multidimensional arrays generated by PHP with data from database ,but i have chars like \"č ć š đ ž\" and when i try to output that in json he just returns null , i d

Answer 1

I met this problem as well and in 2016 you don't need to create a function, just use 'mb_convert_variables'

mb_convert_variables('UTF-8', 'original encode', array or object)

For anyone who meet this situation, too.