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<?php function mb_str_split($string) { return preg_split('/(?<!^)(?!$)/u', $string ); } $string = 'My string ‘to parse’'; $string = utf8_encode($string); $string_decoded = html_entity_decode($string, ENT_QUOTES, 'utf-8'); $string_array = mb_str_split($string_decoded); var_dump($string_array);