mb_encode_numericentity() converts
specified character codes in string str
from HTML numeric character reference to character code. It
returns converted string.
convmap is array specifies code area to
convert.
encoding is character encoding.
Example 1. convmap example
$convmap = array ( int start_code1, int end_code1, int offset1, int mask1, int start_code2, int end_code2, int offset2, int mask2, ........ int start_codeN, int end_codeN, int offsetN, int maskN ); // Specify Unicode value for start_codeN and end_codeN // Add offsetN to value and take bit-wise 'AND' with maskN, then // it converts value to numeric string reference.
Example 2.
mb_encode_numericentity() example
<?php /* Convert Left side of ISO-8859-1 to HTML numeric character reference */ $convmap = array(0x80, 0xff, 0, 0xff); $str = mb_encode_numericentity($str, $convmap, "ISO-8859-1");