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  1. <?php
  2. $ff1=html_entity_decode('&laquo;', null, "UTF-8");
  3. $ff2='«';
  4. var_dump($ff1==$ff2);
  5. echo json_encode(array('data'=>$ff1))."\n";
  6. echo json_encode(array('data'=>$ff2))."\n";
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{"data":"\u00ab"}
{"data":"\u00ab"}
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PHP (php 7.3.5)
created:
10 years ago
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