Simple UTF8 Converter Function (used for JTL -> Laravel (Latin1 to UTF8)

convertToUtf8.php

<?php

public function convertToUtf8 ($el) {
        if (is_array($el)) {
            foreach ($el as $key => $value) {
                if (is_array($el[$key])) {
                    $el[$key] = $this->convertToUtf8($value);
                } else {
                    $el[$key] = utf8_encode($value);
                }

            }

            return $el;
        } else {
            return utf8_encode($el);
        }
    }