how to decode utf8 field encoded in utf8 php code example

Example 1: utf8 encode php

$a = "Não";
  
echo utf8_encode($a);

Example 2: php utf8_decode

// utf8_decode() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used
// to decode a UTF-8 string to the ISO-8859-1

$string_to_decode = "Københavns";
utf8_decode($string_to_decode); // returns Københavns