How to display words with accent

Question

when i try to encode a word with accent like Sous-Préfecture like this:

$libelle=utf8_encode('Sous-Préfecture');
echo json_encode($libelle);

i got:

Sous-Pr\u00e9fecture

Is there any way to show the accent in that kind of words?

Answer 1

Use

echo json_encode(utf8_decode($libelle));