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Json_error_ctrl_char

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Coding

I was using mcrypt to encrypt json_encoded data.

On the other side, mcrypt was able to decrypt data but json_decode was not working. It would throw JSON\_ERROR\_CTRL_CHAR error.

However, without mcrypt, json_decode worked flawlessly.

After some trial and error, I found that applying trim function after decrypting data would let me use json_decode without any issues.

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