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<?php $string = "\xe2\x82\xac"; var_dump(mb_internal_encoding()); var_dump($string); var_dump(unpack('C*', $string)); $utf8string = mb_convert_encoding($string, "UTF-8"); var_dump($utf8string); var_dump(unpack('C*', $utf8string)); mb_internal_encoding("UTF-8"); var_dump($string); var_dump($utf8string);

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