Escaping JSON apostrophe before PHP's json_encode truncates?

Question

I have a field in a MySQL database (utf8_general_ci) that contains a curly (smart?) apostrophe: Owner’s...

This prints fine with no special handling if

Answer 1

For details: json_encode

Example:

echo json_encode($array, JSON_HEX_TAG | JSON_HEX_APOS | JSON_HEX_QUOT | JSON_HEX_AMP | JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE);