eZXMLInputParser::convertNumericEntities PHP Method

    function convertNumericEntities($text)
    {
        if (strlen($text) < 4) {
            return $text;
        }
        // Convert other HTML entities to the current charset characters.
        $codec = eZTextCodec::instance('unicode', false);
        $pos = 0;
        $domString = "";
        while ($pos < strlen($text) - 1) {
            $startPos = $pos;
            while (!($text[$pos] == '&' && isset($text[$pos + 1]) && $text[$pos + 1] == '#') && $pos < strlen($text) - 1) {
                $pos++;
            }
            $domString .= substr($text, $startPos, $pos - $startPos);
            if ($pos < strlen($text) - 1) {
                $endPos = strpos($text, ';', $pos + 2);
                if ($endPos === false) {
                    $pos += 2;
                    continue;
                }
                $code = substr($text, $pos + 2, $endPos - ($pos + 2));
                $char = $codec->convertString(array($code));
                $pos = $endPos + 1;
                $domString .= $char;
            } else {
                $domString .= substr($text, $pos, 2);
            }
        }
        return $domString;
    }