note 75942 added to function.utf8-encode

simple HTML to UTF-8 conversion: function html_to_utf8 ($data) { return preg_replace("/\\&\\#([0-9]{3,10})\\;/e", '_html_to_utf8("\\1")', $data); } function _html_to_utf8 ($data) { if ($data > 127) { $i = 5; while (($i--) > 0) { if ($data != ($a = $data % ($p = pow(64, $i)))) { $ret = chr(base_convert(str_pad(str_repeat(1, $i + 1), 8, "0"), 2, 10) + (($data - $a) / $p)); for ($i; $i > 0; $i--) $ret .= chr(128 + ((($data % pow(64, $i)) - ($data % ($p = pow(64, $i - 1)))) / $p)); break; } } } else $ret = "&#$data;"; return $ret; } Example: echo html_to_utf8("a b č ć ž こ に ち わ ()[]{}!#$?* < >"); Output: a b č ć ž こ に ち わ ()[]{}!#$?* < > ---- Server IP: 193.198.184.18 Probable Submitter: 83.131.206.151 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.utf8-encode.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/75942 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75942/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75942/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75942/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75942/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75942/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75942/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75942 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/75942 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php