[Tickets #9529] Re: json_encode(): Invalid UTF-8 sequence in argument

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Ticket URL: http://dev.horde.org/h/whups/ticket/9529
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  Ticket             | 9529
  Updated By         | rsalmon at mbpgroup.com
  Summary            | json_encode(): Invalid UTF-8 sequence in argument
  Queue              | Horde Framework Packages
  Version            | Git master
  Type               | Bug
  State              | Resolved
  Priority           | 2. Medium
  Milestone          |
  Patch              |
  Owners             | Michael Slusarz
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rsalmon at mbpgroup.com (2011-02-21 08:44) wrote:

> Not much we can do about that message.  It is bad UTF-8 and  
> json_encode() chokes on it.
>
> Unfortunately, json_last_error() doesn't help out because of this  
> issue: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54058
>
> However, even in this case if json_last_error() worked properly, it  
> doesn't solve because forcing a charset conversion to UTF-8 doesn't  
> work either.
>
> Solution: provide error message in preview pane with link to popup  
> message (which is loaded via straight HTML so it is not subject to  
> JSON encoding problems).

Thank you for this intermediate solution.