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Doc Bug #52622 Mention that JSON must be UTF-8 encoded
Submitted: 2010-08-17 10:15 UTC Modified: 2010-08-17 10:31 UTC
From: bugs dot 20 dot awd at spamgourmet dot com Assigned: aharvey (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: 5.2.14 OS:
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2010-08-17 10:15 UTC] bugs dot 20 dot awd at spamgourmet dot com 
Description:
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I had a problem with json_decode() that it returned NULL via _GET even though the JSON was valid. Turns out that the JSON string has to be UTF-8 encoded (thanks to the commenter). This should be mentioned in the docs in the parameter breakdown.

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 [2010-08-17 10:30 UTC] aharvey@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Assigned -Assigned To: +Assigned To: aharvey
 [2010-08-17 10:31 UTC] aharvey@php.net 
Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of aharvey
Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=302383
Log: Fix doc bug #52622 (Mention that JSON must be UTF-8 encoded).
 [2010-08-17 10:31 UTC] aharvey@php.net
-Status: Assigned +Status: Closed
 [2010-08-17 10:31 UTC] aharvey@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the
online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time
to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient.

Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better.
 
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