PHP - utf8_decode() to wrong character

Question

Trying to use the Twitter search API. When I call `utf8_decode` on a re-tweeted tweet I get speech marks/quotes appear as question marks... Code: ``` $output .= '

' . utf8_decode($tweet) . '

' . $time . '

'; ``` Output: ``` RT @IVAOAERO: ?@FilipJonckers: We are aware of and working on a fix for the ATIS issue introduced after last nights network upgrade http://t.co/6FODzr0Y? ``` All other symbols display correctly. Do I have to set a language to use? If you want to know the atom query I make or anything else then let me know.

Accepted Answer

note that `utf8_decode()` works ONLY with iso-8859-1 (latin) encoded string. if you know the character set of the string, you can call:

```
echo iconv("THE_CHARSET","utf8",$tweet);
```

PHP - utf8_decode() to wrong character

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