PHP html_entity_decode() function

by Online Tutorials Library July 22, 2014

PHP html_entity_decode() Function

PHP html_entity_decode() is string function. It is used to convert HTML entities to characters. The string function html_entity_decode() is the opposite of htmlentities().

Syntax:

Parameter	Description	Required/Optional
string	Specify the string to decode	required
flags	Specify how to handle quotes and which document type to use.	Optional

Example 1

  <?php  $str = ‘<a href=”https://tutorialsinfo.com/”>tutoraspire.com</a>’;  echo html_entity_decode($str);  ?>  

Output:

tutoraspire.com

Example 2

Output:

Array ( ["] => " [&] => & [<] => < [>] => > )

Example 3

  <?php  $str = “Hello PHP : ‘E=MC?'”;  echo html_entity_decode($str, ENT_COMPAT); // Will only convert double quotes  echo “<br>”;  echo html_entity_decode($str, ENT_QUOTES); // Converts double and single quotes  echo “<br>”;  echo html_entity_decode($str, ENT_NOQUOTES); // Does not convert any quotes  ?>  

Output:

Hello PHP : 'E=MC˛'  Hello PHP : 'E=MC˛'  Hello PHP : 'E=MC˛'

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PHP html_entity_decode() function

PHP html_entity_decode() Function

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