Decoding strings on PHP: Data treats UTF-8 Bytes as Windows-1252

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I am getting data from a web API which has a strange encoding. I am using PHP and can't seem to decode input strings. I seem to be having this problem, which explains what's going but doesn't really help me figure out how to fix it. Can anyone help? Thanks!

Ask your API provider / see their docs to see what kind of encoding they are using. — dev-null-dweller, Jan 05 '14 at 18:13

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 05 '14 at 18:20

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You can use mb_detect_encoding() to detect the encoding of the strings.

If they are not what you are expecting, you can use mb_convert_encoding() to convert to something like UTF-8 or whatever you want.

answered Jan 05 '14 at 18:20

Terence Eden

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 05 '14 at 18:23

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You may want to try analyzing the encoding using something like mb_detect_encoding().

http://www.php.net/mb_detect_encoding

answered Jan 05 '14 at 18:23

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Decoding strings on PHP: Data treats UTF-8 Bytes as Windows-1252

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