--- /dev/null
+--TEST--
+bug #53946 (json_encode() with JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE)
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php if (!extension_loaded("json")) print "skip"; ?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+var_dump(json_encode("latin 1234 -/ russian мама мыла раму specialchars \x02 \x08 \n U+1D11E >𝄞<"));
+var_dump(json_encode("latin 1234 -/ russian мама мыла раму specialchars \x02 \x08 \n U+1D11E >𝄞<", JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE));
+var_dump(json_encode("ab\xE0"));
+var_dump(json_encode("ab\xE0", JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE));
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+string(156) ""latin 1234 -\/ russian \u043c\u0430\u043c\u0430 \u043c\u044b\u043b\u0430 \u0440\u0430\u043c\u0443 specialchars \u0002 \b \n U+1D11E >\ud834\udd1e<""
+string(100) ""latin 1234 -\/ russian мама мыла раму specialchars \u0002 \b \n U+1D11E >𝄞<""
+string(4) "null"
+string(4) "null"