htmlspecialchars_decode
(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)
htmlspecialchars_decode — Convert special HTML entities back to characters
Description
htmlspecialchars_decode(string
$string, int $flags = ENT_QUOTES | ENT_SUBSTITUTE | ENT_HTML401): stringThis 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_QUOTES | ENT_SUBSTITUTE | ENT_HTML401.Available flagsconstantsConstant Name Description ENT_COMPATWill convert double-quotes and leave single-quotes alone. ENT_QUOTESWill convert both double and single quotes. ENT_NOQUOTESWill leave both double and single quotes unconverted. ENT_SUBSTITUTEReplace invalid code unit sequences with a Unicode Replacement Character U+FFFD (UTF-8) or � (otherwise) instead of returning an empty string. ENT_HTML401Handle code as HTML 4.01. ENT_XML1Handle code as XML 1. ENT_XHTMLHandle code as XHTML. ENT_HTML5Handle code as HTML 5.
Return Values
Returns the decoded string.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 8.1.0 |
flags changed from ENT_COMPAT to ENT_QUOTES | ENT_SUBSTITUTE | ENT_HTML401.
|
Examples
Example #1 A htmlspecialchars_decode() example
<?php
$str = "<p>this -> "</p>\n";
echo htmlspecialchars_decode($str);
// note that here the quotes aren't converted
echo 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
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