note 54253 added to function.utf8-decode

i want utf-8 encoding but to unicode entities (&#xnn;&#nn;) so é is & # x c 3 ; & # x a 9 ; (put spaces between them because otherwise some browsers just translate it to é) is there any function who does this??? ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.utf8-decode.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+54253 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54253&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54253&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54253&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54253&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54253&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54253&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+54253&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php