diff --git a/functions/pcre.xml b/functions/pcre.xml
index b120037a7f..b6404f5921 100644
--- a/functions/pcre.xml
+++ b/functions/pcre.xml
@@ -403,7 +403,8 @@ $search = array ("'<script[^>]*?>.*?</script>'si",  // Strip out
                  "'&(iexcl|#161);'i",
                  "'&(cent|#162);'i",
                  "'&(pound|#163);'i",
-                 "'&(copy|#169);'i");              
+                 "'&(copy|#169);'i",
+				 "'&#(\d+);'e");              	// evaluate as php
 
 $replace = array ("",
                   "",
@@ -416,7 +417,8 @@ $replace = array ("",
                   chr(161),
                   chr(162),
                   chr(163),
-                  chr(169));
+                  chr(169),
+				  "chr(\\1)");
 
 $text = preg_replace ($search, $replace, $document);
       </programlisting>