title: PHP - Replace JSON with the correct Unicode symbol
body: <p>Ok, so I have some JSON, that when decoded, I print out the result. Before the JSON is decoded, I use stripslashes() to remove extra slashes. The JSON contains website links, such as <a href="https://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp</a> and descriptions like <code>Hello World, I have u00249999999 dollars</code></p>
  
  <p>When I print out the JSON, I would like it to print out
  <code>Hello World, I have $9999999 dollars</code>, but it prints out <code>Hello World, I have u00249999999 dollars</code>.</p>
  
  <p>I assume that the <code>u0024</code> is not getting parsed because it has no backslash, though the thing is that the website links' forward slashes aren't removed through strip slashes, which is good - I think that the backslashes for the Unicode symbols are removed with stripslashes();</p>
  
  <p>How do I get the PHP to automatically detect and parse the Unicode dollar sign? I would also like to apply this rule to every single Unicode symbol.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks In Advance!</p>