/**
* @note: Convert non-UTF-8 characters into UTF-8
* Function taken from http://stackoverflow.com/a/19366999
*
* @param $data
*
* @return array|string
*/
public static function encodeAsUTF8($data)
{
if (is_array($data)) {
foreach ($data as $key => $value) {
$data[$key] = Utility::encodeAsUTF8($value);
}
} else {
if (is_string($data)) {
return utf8_encode($data);
}
}
return $data;
}
function encodeAsJSON($data)
{
$json = json_encode(Utility::encodeAsUTF8($data));
if ($json === false) {
showApiError(201);
}
return $json;
}
