Question

How to convert all HTML entities from a string to their applicable characters in PHP

Answer 1

// string html_entity_decode( string $string [, int $flags = ENT_COMPAT | ENT_HTML401 
//                            [, string $encoding = ini_get("default_charset") ]] )

// ENT_COMPAT    convert only double-quotes 
// ENT_QUOTES    convert both double and single quotes
// ENT_NOQUOTES  don't convert double and single quotes

$s = "I'll \"write\" the <b>php</b> code";

$he = htmlentities($s);

$hed = html_entity_decode($he);

echo $he . "<br />";

echo $hed; 


/*
run:

I'll "write" the <b>php</b> code
I'll "write" the php code

*/

 

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