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<?php function seems_utf8($str) { $length = strlen($str); for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) { $c = ord($str[$i]); if ($c < 0x80) $n = 0; elseif (($c & 0xE0) == 0xC0) $n = 1; elseif (($c & 0xF0) == 0xE0) $n = 2; elseif (($c & 0xF8) == 0xF0) $n = 3; elseif (($c & 0xFC) == 0xF8) $n = 4; elseif (($c & 0xFE) == 0xFC) $n = 5; else return false; for ($j=0; $j<$n; $j++) { if ((++$i == $length) || ((ord($str[$i]) & 0xC0) != 0x80)) return false; } } return true; } var_dump( seems_utf8("aťsd") );

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