---
title: "Breaking: #74031 - CharsetConverter parameters removed"
manual: "TYPO3 Core Changelog"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/changelog:breaking-74031"
source: "Changelog/8.0/Breaking-74031-CharsetConverterParametersRemoved.rst"
modified: "2026-09-14T09:47:36+00:00"
---

# Breaking: #74031 - CharsetConverter parameters removed

See [forge#74031](https://forge.typo3.org/issues/74031)

## Description

The second parameter for the method `CharsetConverter->entities_to_utf8()` has been removed.

The second and the third parameter of `CharsetConverter->utf8_to_numberarray()` has been removed.

## Impact

When calling `CharsetConverter->entities_to_utf8()`, string-HTML entities (like & or £) will be converted
to UTF-8 as well at all times. Previously this behaviour was configurable.

When calling `CharsetConverter->utf8_to_numberarray()`, string-HTML entities (like
& or £) will be converted to UTF-8 as well at all times. Additionally instead
of integer numbers the real UTF-8 char is returned at any times. Previously these
behaviours were configurable.

## Affected Installations

Installations with custom extensions that used these methods directly in PHP code.

## Migration

Remove these parameters from the calling PHP code.