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<h1 class="refname">mb_decode_numericentity</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">mb_decode_numericentity</span> — <span class="dc-title">Decode HTML numeric string reference to character</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.mb-decode-numericentity-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>mb_decode_numericentity</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$str</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">array</span> <code class="parameter">$convmap</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$encoding</code><span class="initializer"> = mb_internal_encoding()</span></span>
] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Convert numeric string reference of <span class="type"><a href="language.types.string.html" class="type string">string</a></span>
<em><code class="parameter">str</code></em> in a specified block to character.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.mb-decode-numericentity-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">str</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The <span class="type"><a href="language.types.string.html" class="type string">string</a></span> being decoded.
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</dd>
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<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">convmap</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
<em><code class="parameter">convmap</code></em> is an <span class="type"><a href="language.types.array.html" class="type array">array</a></span> that specifies
the code area to convert.
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</dd>
</dt>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">encoding</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">The <em><code class="parameter">encoding</code></em>
parameter is the character encoding. If it is omitted, the internal character
encoding value will be used.</p>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.mb-decode-numericentity-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
The converted <span class="type"><a href="language.types.string.html" class="type string">string</a></span>.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.mb-decode-numericentity-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
<div class="example" id="example-2704">
<p><strong>Example #1 <em><code class="parameter">convmap</code></em> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$convmap </span><span style="color: #007700">= array (<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">int start_code1</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">int end_code1</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">int offset1</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">int mask1</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">int start_code2</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">int end_code2</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">int offset2</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">int mask2</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> ........<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">int start_codeN</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">int end_codeN</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">int offsetN</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">int maskN </span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Specify Unicode value for start_codeN and end_codeN<br />// Add offsetN to value and take bit-wise 'AND' with maskN, <br />// then convert value to numeric string reference.<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.mb-decode-numericentity-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.mb-encode-numericentity.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mb_encode_numericentity()</a> - Encode character to HTML numeric string reference</span></li>
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