// Fixed problems with encoding and json_encode on the block layered

modules/blocklayered/blocklayered.js

@@ -330,8 +330,12 @@ function reloadContent(params_plus)
 			$('#layered_block_left').replaceWith(result.filtersBlock);
 			
 			$('.category-product-count').html(result.categoryCount);
+			
+			if (result.productList)
+				$('#product_list').replaceWith(utf8_decode(result.productList));
+			else
+				$('#product_list').html('');
 
-			$('#product_list').replaceWith(result.productList);
 			$('#product_list').css('opacity', '1');
 			$('div#pagination').html(result.pagination);
 			paginationButton();
@@ -433,3 +437,32 @@ function updateProductUrl()
 		$(this).attr('href', $(this).attr('href') + param_product_url);
 	});
 }
+/**
+ * Copy of the php function utf8_decode()
+ */
+function utf8_decode (utfstr) {
+	var res = '';
+	for (var i = 0; i < utfstr.length;) {
+		var c = utfstr.charCodeAt(i);
+
+		if (c < 128)
+		{
+			res += String.fromCharCode(c);
+			i++;
+		}
+		else if((c > 191) && (c < 224))
+		{
+			var c1 = utfstr.charCodeAt(i+1);
+			res += String.fromCharCode(((c & 31) << 6) | (c1 & 63));
+			i += 2;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			var c1 = utfstr.charCodeAt(i+1);
+			var c2 = utfstr.charCodeAt(i+2);
+			res += String.fromCharCode(((c & 15) << 12) | ((c1 & 63) << 6) | (c2 & 63));
+			i += 3;
+		}
+	}
+	return res;
+}

modules/blocklayered/blocklayered.php

@@ -3356,7 +3356,7 @@ class BlockLayered extends Module
 		/* We are sending an array in jSon to the .js controller, it will update both the filters and the products zones */
 		return Tools::jsonEncode(array(
 		'filtersBlock' => $this->generateFiltersBlock($selectedFilters),
-		'productList' => $product_list,
+		'productList' => utf8_encode($product_list),
 		'pagination' => $smarty->fetch(_PS_THEME_DIR_.'pagination.tpl'),
 		'categoryCount' => $categoryCount));
 	}