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<refentry xml:id="function.mb-decode-numericentity" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>mb_decode_numericentity</refname>
  <refpurpose>Decode HTML numeric string reference to character</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
   
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>string</type><methodname>mb_decode_numericentity</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>str</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>array</type><parameter>convmap</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>encoding</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Convert numeric string reference of <type>string</type>
   <parameter>str</parameter> in a specified block to character. 
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>str</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The <type>string</type> being decoded.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>convmap</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       <parameter>convmap</parameter> is an <type>array</type> that specifies 
       the code area to convert.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>encoding</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      &mbstring.encoding.parameter;
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   The converted <type>string</type>.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 
 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><parameter>convmap</parameter> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
$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.
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>mb_encode_numericentity</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>

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