note 48085 added to function.mb-decode-numericentity

Many web browsers will tend upload high order characters as UTF-8 encoded entities. Here is some simple code to convert UTF-8 HTML entities within a block of text into proper characters: <?php //decode decimal HTML entities added by web browser $body = preg_replace('/&#\d{2,5};/ue', "utf8_entity_decode('$0')", $body ); //decode hex HTML entities added by web browser $body = preg_replace('/&#x([a-fA-F0-7]{2,8});/ue', "utf8_entity_decode('&#'.hexdec('$1').';')", $body ); //callback function for the regex function utf8_entity_decode($entity){ $convmap = array(0x0, 0x10000, 0, 0xfffff); return mb_decode_numericentity($entity, $convmap, 'UTF-8'); } ?> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mb-decode-numericentity.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+48085 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+48085&report=yes Reason: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+48085&report=yes&reason=bad+code Reason: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+48085&report=yes&reason=spam Reason: useless example -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+48085&report=yes&reason=useless+example Reason: contains commercial links -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+48085&report=yes&reason=contains+commercial+links Reason: useless note -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+48085&report=yes&reason=useless+note Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+48085&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php