note 37744 added to function.html-entity-decode

I have a problem converting special characters. I have a database containing Polish descriptions. When I export this to Excel, my file contains ż (amp # 380 ;) instead of the special character "z" with a dot on top. I have php prior to 4 (I think) so the normal decode function does not work. There fore I use the above example unhtmlentities. This can replace (for example) a "amp nbsp ;", but my "amp # 380 ;" still stays the same. What am I doing wrong? ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.html-entity-decode.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+37744 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+37744&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+37744&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php