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This may help:<br />
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<a href="http://php.net/manual/en/function.utf8-decode.php#85034" rel="ugc">http://php.net/manual/en/function.utf8-decode.php#85034</a>
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This may help:

http://php.net/manual/en/function.utf8-decode.php#85034 [http://php.net/manual/en/function.utf8-decode.php#85034]

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The issue cannot be solved in this matter. Need to reconsider my approach
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The issue cannot be solved in this matter. Need to reconsider my approach

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Hello,<br />
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I need to know if there is a way to convert UTF-8 3 byte text to UTF-8 2 byte text through PHP.<br />
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Thanks in advance
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Hello,

I need to know if there is a way to convert UTF-8 3 byte text to UTF-8 2 byte text through PHP.

Thanks in advance

How to convert UTF-8 3 byte to UTF-8 2 byte through PHP?

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