<?php


$value = 'Leni&#8302;&#8302;&#8302;&#8302;&#8302;&#8302;&#8302;&#8302;&#8302;&#8302;&#8302;&#8302;&#8302;';
$value = html_entity_decode(strval($value), ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');

echo $value=='Leni'? "$value is Equal to Leni" : "$value is not equal to Leni"; 

?>