- var_dump: documentation ( source)
- json_encode: documentation ( source)
<?php
var_dump(json_encode("abc"));
var_dump(json_encode("ab\xE0"));
var_dump(json_encode("ab\xE0", JSON_PARTIAL_OUTPUT_ON_ERROR));
var_dump(json_encode(array("ab\xE0", "ab\xE0c", "abc"), JSON_PARTIAL_OUTPUT_ON_ERROR));