<?php
   //decode decimal HTML entities added by web browser
  $body = preg_replace('/&#\d{2,5};/ue', "utf8_entity_decode('$0')", $body );
  //decode hex HTML entities added by web browser
  $body = preg_replace('/&#x([a-fA-F0-7]{2,8});/ue', "utf8_entity_decode('&#'.hexdec('$1').';')", $body );

//callback function for the regex
function utf8_entity_decode($entity){
$convmap = array(0x0, 0x10000, 0, 0xfffff);
return mb_decode_numericentity($entity, $convmap, 'UTF-8');
}
?>