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<?php $User = array( 'Name' => "Hans-Peterµµ", 'Contacts' => array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 42), 'Active' => 1 ); foreach ($User as &$val) { $val = preg_replace_callback('/\\\\u([0-9a-f]{4})/i', function($matches) { return mb_convert_encoding(pack('H*', $matches[1]), 'UTF-8', 'UTF-16'); }, $val); } $JS = json_encode($User, JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE); $J = json_encode($User); echo $J."<br/>\r\n".$JS;

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