PHP converts a pre-defined HTML entity to a character's function Htmlspecialchars_decode ()

Instance

The pre-defined HTML entity "<" (less than) and ">" (greater than) converted to characters:

<?php$str = "This is some &lt;b&gt;bold&lt;/b&gt; Text. "; echo Htmlspecialchars_decode ($STR);? >

The HTML output of the above code is as follows (see source code):

<! DOCTYPE Html>
The browser output of the above code is as follows:

This is some bold text.
Definition and usage

The Htmlspecialchars_decode () function converts some pre-defined HTML entities to characters.


 

 
  
 
   
The HTML entities that will be decoded are:
 
   
&amp; Decode into & (and No.)
 
   
&quot; Decode into "(double quotes)
 
   
' Decode into ' (single quote)
 
   
&lt; Decode into < (less than)
 
   
&gt; Decode into > (greater than)
 
  

 
The Htmlspecialchars_decode () function is an inverse function of the htmlspecialchars () function.

Grammar

Htmlspecialchars_decode (String,flags)

 

 
  
 
   
 
    
Parameters
 
    
Describe
 
   
 
   
 
    
String
 
    
Necessary. Specifies the string to decode.
 
   
 
   
 
    
flags 
 
    
 optional. Specifies how quotation marks are handled and which document type is used. 
 Available Quote types: 
 
     
 
      
 
 Ent_compat-Default. Decodes only double quotes. 
 
 
      
 
 Ent_quotes-decodes double and single quotes. 
 
 
      
 
 Ent_noquotes-do not decode any quotation marks. Additional flags for the document type specified by 
 
 
     
 
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 E nt_html401-Default. The code is processed as HTML 4.01. 
 
 
      
 
 ENT_HTML5-processing code as HTML 5. 
 
 
      
 
 ENT_XML1-processing code as XML 1. 
 
 
      
 
 ent_xhtml-as XHTML processing code. 
 
     
 
   
 
  

 
 technical details 


 
 
 
  
 
   
 
    
 return value: 
 
    
 returns the converted string. 
 
   
 
   
 
    
php version: 
 
    
5.1.0+ 
 
   
 
   
 
    
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More examples

Example 1

Convert some of the predefined HTML entities to characters:

<?php$str = "Jane &amp;" Tarzan ' "; Echo Htmlspecialchars_decode ($str, Ent_compat);  default, decode double quotes only echo "<br>"; Echo Htmlspecialchars_decode ($str, ent_quotes);//  decode double and single quotes echo "<br>" ; Echo Htmlspecialchars_decode ($str, ent_noquotes); Do not decode any quotes?>
The HTML output of the above code is as follows (see source code):

<! DOCTYPE Html>
The browser output of the above code is as follows:

Jane & ' Tarzan ' Jane & ' Tarzan ' Jane & ' Tarzan '
Example 2

To convert a predefined HTML entity to double quotes:

<?php$str = ' I love &quot; Php&quot;. '; Echo Htmlspecialchars_decode ($str, ent_quotes); Decode double and single quotes?>
The HTML output of the above code is as follows (see source code):

<! DOCTYPE html>
The browser output of the above code is as follows:

I Love "PHP".
The Htmlspecialchars_decode () function converts some pre-defined HTML entities to characters.

<?php$str = "This is some &lt;b&gt;bold&lt;/b&gt; Text. "; echo Htmlspecialchars_decode ($STR);? >
will be parsed into

<! DOCTYPE Html>
The output of the user's product details.

<p>    {sh: $info .intro|htmlspecialchars_decode}</p>