finding the binary/hex? code of a utf character

[asmith]

Hey guys

 

In some utf files (persian) ,  I see the word "عنوان" is written like "عنوان" . 

What is it call ?  what's the function that convert "عنوان" to "عنوان" ??

 

THanks a lot

[Mchl]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_and_HTML

[asmith]

Thanks for the link. It is called HTML char (reference).

 

But still didn't find any function in PHP.

[DeanWhitehouse]

Can you not just set the charset to utf-8, and wouldnt this top any problem?

[asmith]

i wish so. The file is written by someone else. 

 

my problem is, I have an array. It has like 300 values.  all values are like "عنوان" (html numeric char)

 

the array values are a html form select options.    like : 

 

foreach ($array as $value) 
{ 
echo <option value="$value" $selected>$value</option>
}

 

the thing is , in the foreach i'm putting  :

 

If ($value == $row[option]) { $selected = "selected"}

 

now my $row[option] is  "عنوان" . but the option that must match is  "عنوان" .

 

So i need to convert "عنوان" to html numeric char first , then do the IF statement.

 

All i need is te function :/

 

mb_decode_numericentity and encode one do not work in my php version apparently :/