note 123229 added to function.htmlspecialchars

I was looking for a function that will convert special characters to their numeric value. I tried for htmlentities() and htmlspecialchars() but only single quote's are converted to their numeric value. It will be a great pleasure to have something that can covert others too. I like to see a bullet • converted into • instead of • Please someone help me with that ---- Server IP: 208.43.231.9 Probable Submitter: 118.179.62.149 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.htmlspecialchars.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/123229 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/123229/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/123229/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/123229/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/123229/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/123229/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/123229/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/123229 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/123229 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php