EDataServer.util_utf8_make_valid
Description: Reference for EDataServer.util_utf8_make_valid

### Function

# EDataServerutil_utf8_make_valid

since: 3.0

#### Declaration [src]

    gchar*
    e_util_utf8_make_valid (
      const gchar* str
    )

#### Description [src]

Returns a newly-allocated copy of `str`, with invalid characters replaced by Unicode replacement characters (U+FFFD). For `NULL` `str` returns newly allocated empty string (“”).

Available since: 3.0

#### Parameters

`str`

  Type: `const gchar*`

  A UTF-8 string.

  The argument can be `NULL`.
  The data is owned by the caller of the function.
  The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

#### Return value

Type: `gchar*`

A newly-allocated string.

The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.
The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.