Services_JSON::utf162utf8

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Deprecated Deprecated

This method has been deprecated. Use the PHP native JSON extension instead.

Private Access Private Access

This function’s access is marked private. This means it is not intended for use by plugin or theme developers, only in other core functions. It is listed here for completeness.

Summery Summery

convert a string from one UTF-16 char to one UTF-8 char

Syntax Syntax

Services_JSON::utf162utf8( string $utf16 )

Description Description

Normally should be handled by mb_convert_encoding, but provides a slower PHP-only method for installations that lack the multibye string extension.

Parameters Parameters

$utf16

(Required) UTF-16 character

Return Return

(string) UTF-8 character

Source Source

File: wp-includes/class-json.php

    function utf162utf8($utf16)
    {
        _deprecated_function( __METHOD__, '5.3.0', 'The PHP native JSON extension' );

        // oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please
        if($this->_mb_convert_encoding) {
            return mb_convert_encoding($utf16, 'UTF-8', 'UTF-16');
        }

        $bytes = (ord($utf16[0]) << 8) | ord($utf16[1]);

        switch(true) {
            case ((0x7F & $bytes) == $bytes):
                // this case should never be reached, because we are in ASCII range
                // see: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/unicode.html#utf-8
                return chr(0x7F & $bytes);

            case (0x07FF & $bytes) == $bytes:
                // return a 2-byte UTF-8 character
                // see: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/unicode.html#utf-8
                return chr(0xC0 | (($bytes >> 6) & 0x1F))
                     . chr(0x80 | ($bytes & 0x3F));

            case (0xFFFF & $bytes) == $bytes:
                // return a 3-byte UTF-8 character
                // see: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/unicode.html#utf-8
                return chr(0xE0 | (($bytes >> 12) & 0x0F))
                     . chr(0x80 | (($bytes >> 6) & 0x3F))
                     . chr(0x80 | ($bytes & 0x3F));
        }

        // ignoring UTF-32 for now, sorry
        return '';
    }

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Version Description
5.3.0 Introduced.

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