# mb_decode_numericentity

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

mb_decode_numericentity — Decode HTML numeric string reference to character

### Description

mb_decode_numericentity ( string `$str` , array `$convmap` [, string `$encoding` = mb_internal_encoding() [, bool `$is_hex` = `FALSE` ]] ) : string

Convert numeric string reference of string `str` in a specified block to character.

### Parameters

`str`

  The string being decoded.

`convmap`

  `convmap` is an array that specifies the code area to convert.

`encoding`

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

`is_hex`

  This parameter is not used.

### Return Values

The converted string.

### Changelog

Version | Description
--- | ---
5.4.0 | Added `is_hex` parameter.

### Examples

Example #1 `convmap` 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 convert value to numeric string reference.
?>`

Example #2 `convmap` example escapes JavaScript string

`<?php
function escape_javascript_string($str) {
$map = [
1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0, // 49
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,
1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0, // 99
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1, // 149
1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1, // 199
1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1, // 249
1,1,1,1,1,1,1, // 255
];
// Char encoding is UTF-8
$mblen = mb_strlen($str, 'UTF-8');
$utf32 = bin2hex(mb_convert_encoding($str, 'UTF-32', 'UTF-8'));
for ($i=0, $encoded=''; $i < $mblen; $i++) {
$u = substr($utf32, $i*8, 8);
$v = base_convert($u, 16, 10);
if ($v < 256 && $map[$v]) {
$encoded .= '\\x'.substr($u, 6,2);
} else if ($v == 2028) {
$encoded .= '\\u2028';
} else if ($v == 2029) {
$encoded .= '\\u2029';
} else {
$encoded .= mb_convert_encoding(hex2bin($u), 'UTF-8', 'UTF-32');
}
}
return $encoded;
}
// Test data
$convmap = [ 0x0, 0xffff, 0, 0xffff ];
$msg = '';
for ($i=0; $i < 1000; $i++) {
// chr() cannot generate correct UTF-8 data larger value than 128, use mb_decode_numericentity().
$msg .= mb_decode_numericentity('&#'.$i.';', $convmap, 'UTF-8');
}
// var_dump($msg);
var_dump(escape_javascript_string($msg));`

### See Also

- mb_encode_numericentity() - Encode character to HTML numeric string reference