i tried to encode character '<' with json_encode() function but the output is always unclosed or unfinished json string.
this is my code:
echo json_encode('<');
the output:
"
i already even tried to use this code:
echo json_encode(array_map('utf8_encode',['<']));
but the output still
{["
but if i tried to encode '<>'
echo json_encode('<>');
the output is just like what i wanted:
"<>"
Please help me Thanks
the fault is not the json_encode or php version. it was the header Content-Encoding , i don't why but the header Content-Encoding is set to gzip.
so the solution i have is to change the header Content-Encoding by adding following code in my .php:
header('Content-Encoding: none');
i found this by inspecting header output in Postman
Thanks for your reply all