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json_encode() escapes these characters by default. You may specify the option JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE to disable that. See https://secure.php.net/manual/en/function.json-encode.php
Feb 18, 2018
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Getting a utf8 decoded string when retrieving session data
I'm trying to log some data in a middleware, and I'm storing the json that session('errors') returns in database. But all unicode characters are escaped.
I've made it work with a workaround but it feels very hacky.
Is there a recommended way of getting utf8 strings out of session?
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where is json_encode? are you suggesting i change laravel code?
Level 42
It's a part of PHP, see the link I provided.
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I know the function dude :D I'm not using json_encode. I'm just calling session. You might wanna take another look at the question.
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You are not "just" calling session. session('errors') does not return JSON. It returns a ViewErrorBag. When you use something like logger(session('errors')); the log writer tries to create a string representation for the contents. ViewErrorBag is Jsonable, so the method toJson is called on it. Now guess what toJson calls ... json_encode.
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so you're suggesting i change framework code as i said. I would really appreciate it if you read my input and make a clear, specific suggestion about this particular problem instead of giving 101 information on php functions and how laravel works.
Level 42
No, I'm suggesting to use the option JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE:
logger(session('errors')->toJson(JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE))
instead of
logger(session('errors'))
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