John Davidson

Message:

I'm having a problem with accenting (UTF-8) words in the data collected from the JSON column properties.

• Actually: "type_nen": "Emiss\u00e3o"


• Expected: "type_nen": "Emissão" (I want that be showed)

    public function store(HunterRequest $request)

    {

        $validations = $request->validated();

        $validations['properties'] = $validations;

        HunterModel::create($validations);

        return redirect('/')->with('success_store','Hunter are registered in the system.');   

    }

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My Answer:
To properly handle UTF-8 characters and accents in Laravel when storing data in a JSON column, you can use the `json_encode` function with the `JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE` option to ensure that the special characters are stored correctly.

Here's an updated version of your `store` method that includes this modification:

php
public function store(HunterRequest $request)
{
$validations = $request->validated();
$validations['properties'] = json_encode($validations, JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE);
HunterModel::create($validations);
return redirect('/')->with('success_store','Hunter are registered in the system.');
}


By using `json_encode` with the `JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE` option, the UTF-8 characters will be stored as-is in the JSON column without being escaped, allowing them to be displayed correctly with accents.