mb_encode_numericentity

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

mb_encode_numericentity — Encode character to HTML numeric string reference

Description

mb_encode_numericentity(
    string $string,
    array $map,
    ?string $encoding = null,
    bool $hex = false
): string

Converts specified character codes in string string from character code to HTML numeric character reference.

Parameters

string

The string being encoded.

map

map is array specifies code area to convert.

encoding

The encoding parameter is the character encoding. If it is omitted or null, the internal character encoding value will be used.

hex

Whether the returned entity reference should be in hexadecimal notation (otherwise it is in decimal notation).

Return Values

The converted string.

Changelog

Version Description
8.0.0 encoding is nullable now.

Examples

Example #1 map example

<?php
$convmap = array (
int start_code1, int end_code1, int offset1, int mask1,
int start_code2, int end_code2, int offset2, int mask2,
........
int start_codeN, int end_codeN, int offsetN, int maskN );
// Specify Unicode value for start_codeN and end_codeN
// Add offsetN to value and take bit-wise 'AND' with maskN, then
// it converts value to numeric string reference.
?>

Example #2 mb_encode_numericentity() example

<?php
/* Convert Left side of ISO-8859-1 to HTML numeric character reference */
$convmap = array(0x80, 0xff, 0, 0xff);
$str = mb_encode_numericentity($str, $convmap, "ISO-8859-1");

/* Convert user defined SJIS-win code in block 95-104 to numeric
string reference */
$convmap = array(
0xe000, 0xe03e, 0x1040, 0xffff,
0xe03f, 0xe0bb, 0x1041, 0xffff,
0xe0bc, 0xe0fa, 0x1084, 0xffff,
0xe0fb, 0xe177, 0x1085, 0xffff,
0xe178, 0xe1b6, 0x10c8, 0xffff,
0xe1b7, 0xe233, 0x10c9, 0xffff,
0xe234, 0xe272, 0x110c, 0xffff,
0xe273, 0xe2ef, 0x110d, 0xffff,
0xe2f0, 0xe32e, 0x1150, 0xffff,
0xe32f, 0xe3ab, 0x1151, 0xffff );
$str = mb_encode_numericentity($str, $convmap, "sjis-win");
?>

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