Akeeba_Services_JSON::utf162utf8

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

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

Signature

public function utf162utf8(string $utf16 )

Parameters

$utf16

UTF-16 character

Returns

string

UTF-8 character