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<?php $str = "French for French is fran&ccedil;ais"; $str = html_entity_decode($str); $str = substr($str, 0, 27); echo htmlentities($str); //$str contains "French for French is frança"; //example 2 $str = "the en dash looks like &#8211;"; $str = html_entity_decode($str); $str = substr($str, 0, 25); echo htmlentities($str);
Output for 8.1.0 - 8.1.28, 8.2.0 - 8.2.18, 8.3.0 - 8.3.6
French for French is fran&ccedil;the en dash looks like �
Output for 5.4.0 - 5.4.45, 5.5.24 - 5.5.35, 5.6.8 - 5.6.28, 7.0.0 - 7.0.20, 7.1.0 - 7.1.25, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30
French for French is fran&ccedil;
Output for 4.3.0 - 4.3.11, 4.4.0 - 4.4.9, 5.0.0 - 5.0.5, 5.1.0 - 5.1.6, 5.2.0 - 5.2.17, 5.3.0 - 5.3.29
French for French is fran&ccedil;athe en dash looks like &amp;#
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