Unicode escape sequence ----- <?php "\u{0}"; "\u{114}"; "\u{1F602}"; ----- !!php7 array( 0: Scalar_String( value: @@{"\0"}@@ ) 1: Scalar_String( value: Ĕ ) 2: Scalar_String( value: @@{"\xF0\x9F\x98\x82"}@@ ) )