The mb_decode_numericentity() is an inbuilt function in PHP, where the reference for the numeric string in HTML will be decoded into characters.
Syntax:
mb_decode_numericentity(string $string, array $map, ?string $encoding = null): string
Parameters: This function has four parameters:
- $string: This parameter specifies the string that is to be decoded.
- $map: The code area that is to be transformed, is represented by the map, which is an array.
- $encoding: The encoding parameter denotes the character encoding. If omitted or null, then the internal character encoding value will be used.
Return Values: The function return decoded string.
Example 1: The following code demonstrates the mb_decode_numericentity() function.
PHP
<?php // Define a string with numeric entities $str = 'ABC';
// Decode the string $decoded_str = mb_decode_numericentity(
$str, array(0x0, 0x10000, 0, 0xfffff), 'UTF-8');
// Display the decoded string echo $decoded_str;
?> |
Output:
ABC
Example 2: The following code demonstrates the mb_decode_numericentity() function.
PHP
<?php // Define a string with numeric entities $str = 'Hello World';
// Decode the string $decoded_str = mb_decode_numericentity(
$str, array(0x0, 0x10000, 0, 0xfffff), 'UTF-8');
// Display the decoded string echo $decoded_str;
?> |
Output:
Hello World