wp_kses_decode_entities( string $content )

Converts all numeric HTML entities to their named counterparts.

Description

This function decodes numeric HTML entities (A and A).
It doesn’t do anything with named entities like ä, but we don’t need them in the allowed URL protocols system anyway.

Parameters

$content

(Required) Content to change entities.

Return

(string) Content after decoded entities.

Source

File: wp-includes/kses.php 

function wp_kses_decode_entities($string) {
	$string = preg_replace_callback('/&#([0-9]+);/', '_wp_kses_decode_entities_chr', $string);
	$string = preg_replace_callback('/&#[Xx]([0-9A-Fa-f]+);/', '_wp_kses_decode_entities_chr_hexdec', $string);

	return $string;
}

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Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
1.0.0 Introduced.