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_wp_json_convert_string ›

Since4.1.0
Deprecatedn/a
› _wp_json_convert_string ( $string )
Access:
  • private
Parameters:
  • (string) $string The string which is to be converted.
    Required: Yes
See:
Returns:
  • (string) The checked string.
Defined at:
Codex:

Convert a string to UTF-8, so that it can be safely encoded to JSON.



Related Functions: _wp_iso_convert, wp_user_settings, wp_convert_widget_settings, __return_empty_string, sodium_version_string

Source 

function _wp_json_convert_string( $string ) {
	static $use_mb = null;
	if ( is_null( $use_mb ) ) {
		$use_mb = function_exists( 'mb_convert_encoding' );
	}

	if ( $use_mb ) {
		$encoding = mb_detect_encoding( $string, mb_detect_order(), true );
		if ( $encoding ) {
			return mb_convert_encoding( $string, 'UTF-8', $encoding );
		} else {
			return mb_convert_encoding( $string, 'UTF-8', 'UTF-8' );
		}
	} else {
		return wp_check_invalid_utf8( $string, true );
	}
}