MIME header encoding

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Hi all,

I’m struggling with an issue and I need assistance:

I need to convert HTML encoded text to mime header encoding using PHP, but it’s not working for me.

Original text in Hebrew:
הודעה בעברית

HTML Entities text (I replaced the & by _ for it to be properly displayed here):
#1492;#1493;#1491;#1506;#1492; #1489;#1506;#1489;#1512;#1497;_#1514;

Mime encoded text by Thunderbird (correct):
=?UTF-8?B?15TXldeT16LXlCDXkdei15HXqNeZ16o=?=

Mime encoded text by the following PHP function (incorrect):[php]mb_encode_mimeheader(html_entity_decode($name, ENT_NOQUOTES, ‘UTF-8’), “UTF-8”, “B”)[/php]
=?UTF-8?B?w5fClMOXwpXDl8KTw5fCosOXwpQgw5fCkcOXwqLDl8KRw5fCqMOXwpnDl8Kq?=

Can anyone identify why my function doesn’t generate the correct result?

Thanks a lot,

David

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For those who ever encounter a similar issue, the solution is to add the following command in the beginning of the page:

[php]mb_internal_encoding (‘UTF-8’);[/php]