Чудеса с BLOWFISH внутри JSON

   $message = mcrypt_ecb(MCRYPT_BLOWFISH, 12344532523532, $message, MCRYPT_ENCRYPT);
    $answer = array("message"=>$message, "code"=>$code);
    var_dump($answer);
    echo json_encode($answer);
    exit();

array(2) { 
    ["message"]=> string(24) "zС”Э»Пі^cptO«qq@Юн " 
    ["code"]=> int(1) 
} 


{"message":null,"code":1}