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<?php $matches = array(); $value = '#123456;'; $tempval = preg_replace('/&#(\d+);?/me', "chr('\\1')", $value); //"' $tempval = preg_replace('/&#x([0-9a-f]+);?/mei', "chr(hexdec('\\1'))", $tempval); var_dump($tempval); $tempval2 = preg_replace_callback('/&#(\d+);?/m', function($matches) { return chr($matches[1]); }, $value); $value2 = preg_replace_callback('/&#x([0-9a-f]+);?/mi', function($matches) { return chr(hexdec($matches[1])); }, $tempval2); var_dump($value2);

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