title: PHP: Converting Unicode strings to ANSI strings
body: <p><s>Does PHP have any standard function(s) to convert Unicode strings to plain, good old-fashioned ANSI strings (or whatever format PHP's <code>htmlentities</code> understands?</s></p>
  
  <p>Is there any function that converts UTF-8 strings to HTML that can be understood by the most popular browsers?</p>