Php/docs/function.htmlspecialchars-decode
htmlspecialchars_decode
(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7)
htmlspecialchars_decode — Convert special HTML entities back to characters
Description
htmlspecialchars_decode
( string $string
[, int $flags
= ENT_COMPAT
] ) : string
This function is the opposite of htmlspecialchars(). It converts special HTML entities back to characters.
The converted entities are: &
,
"
(when ENT_NOQUOTES
is not set),
'
(when ENT_QUOTES
is set),
<
and >
.
Parameters
string
The string to decode.
flags
A bitmask of one or more of the following flags, which specify how to handle quotes and which document type to use. The default is
ENT_COMPAT | ENT_HTML401
.Available flags
constantsConstant Name Description ENT_COMPAT
Will convert double-quotes and leave single-quotes alone. ENT_QUOTES
Will convert both double and single quotes. ENT_NOQUOTES
Will leave both double and single quotes unconverted. ENT_HTML401
Handle code as HTML 4.01. ENT_XML1
Handle code as XML 1. ENT_XHTML
Handle code as XHTML. ENT_HTML5
Handle code as HTML 5.
Return Values
Returns the decoded string.
Examples
Example #1 A htmlspecialchars_decode() example
<?php$str = "<p>this -> "</p>\n";echo htmlspecialchars_decode($str);// note that here the quotes aren't convertedecho htmlspecialchars_decode($str, ENT_NOQUOTES);?>
The above example will output:
<p>this -> "</p> <p>this -> "</p>
See Also
- htmlspecialchars() - Convert special characters to HTML entities
- html_entity_decode() - Convert HTML entities to their corresponding characters
- get_html_translation_table() - Returns the translation table used by htmlspecialchars and htmlentities