Multi Byte JSON PHP

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<?php
function array_map_recursive( $callback, $mixed ) {
	if( is_array( $mixed ) || is_object( $mixed ) ) {
		$return = is_array( $mixed ) ? array() : new stdClass;
		foreach ($mixed as $key => $value){
			if( is_array( $mixed ) )
				$return[call_user_func( $callback, $key )] = array_map_recursive( $callback, $value );
			else
				$return->{call_user_func( $callback, $key )} = array_map_recursive( $callback, $value );
		}
		return $return;
	} else {
		return call_user_func( $callback, $mixed );
	}
}

function mb_json_encode( $mixed ) {
	$apply = function ( $string ) {
		return str_replace( array( "\"", "'" ), array( "\u0022", "\u0027" ), utf8_encode( $string ) );
	};
	return json_encode( array_map_recursive( $apply, $mixed ) );
}
function mb_json_decode( $string ) {
	$apply = function ( $string ) {
		return str_replace( array( "\u0022", "\u0027" ), array( "\"", "'" ), utf8_decode( $string ) );
	};
	$on = json_decode( str_replace( "\\\"", "\"", $string ), true );
	return array_map_recursive( $apply, $on );
}