Convert all HTML special chars to UTF-8 in PHP?

Question

Can somebody help me? How can i convert all HTML special chars to UTF-8 Example:

Hello Word! P&H

convert to:

Hello Word! P&H

Solution

Use html_entity_decode() and explicitly specify the charset:

$string = html_entity_decode($string, ENT_QUOTES, "utf-8");

for future reference: PHP string functions

Comments

[BoltClock]

Would be lovely if SO actually told me the very moment your answer shows up instead of waiting at least 1 whole minute or until I hit Post Your Answer...

[Pekka]

@BoltClock yeah, that mechanism is somehow broken, I've noticed too.