- mb_convert_encoding: documentation ( source)
- strtr: documentation ( source)
- html_entity_decode: documentation ( source)
<?php
$dd = "Balen\u00ed<\/span>Metry<\/span>";
echo strtr(mb_convert_encoding($dd,'utf-8'),
' ,;:?*#!§$%&/(){}<>=`´|\\\'"',
'____________________________');
echo html_entity_decode($dd, ENT_NOQUOTES, 'UTF-8');