Why does the PHP json_encode function convert UTF-8 strings to hexadecimal entities?

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Since PHP/5.4.0, there is an option called JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE. Check it out:

https://php.net/function.json-encode

Therefore you should try:

json_encode( $text, JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE );

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