html_entity_decode

Definition and usage

html_entity_decode() function converts HTML entities into characters.

html_entity_decode() function is the inverse function of htmlentities() function.

Example

Example 1

Convert HTML entities to characters:

 <?php
$str = "<? W3S?h°°|§>" ;
echo html_entity_decode ( $str ) ;
?>

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

 <! DOCTYPE html >
< html >
< body >
<? W3S ? h ?? ? ?>
</ body >
</ html >

The browser output of the above code:

 <? W3S ? h ?? ? ?>

Example 2

Convert HTML entities to characters:

 <?php
$str = "Bill &amp; &#039;Steve&#039;" ;
echo html_entity_decode ( $str , ENT_COMPAT ) ; // Convert only double quotes
echo "<br>" ;
echo html_entity_decode ( $str , ENT_QUOTES ) ; // Convert double and single quotes
echo "<br>" ;
echo html_entity_decode ( $str , ENT_NOQUOTES ) ; // No quotation marks are converted
?>

HTML output of the above code (see source code):

 < ! DOCTYPE html >
< html >
< body >
Bill & & #039;Steve&#039;<br>
Bill & 'Steve' < br >
Bill & & 'Steve'
< / body >
< / html >

The browser output of the above code:

 Bill & 'Steve'
Bill & 'Steve'
Bill & 'Steve'

Example 3

Convert HTML entities to characters by using Western European character sets:

 <?php
$str = "My name is ?yvind ?sane. I'm Norwegian." ;
echo html_entity_decode ( $str , ENT_QUOTES , "ISO-8859-1" ) ;
?>

HTML output of the above code (see source code):

 < ! DOCTYPE html >
< html >
< body >
My name is ? yvind ? sane . I 'm Norwegian .
< / body >
< / html >

The browser output of the above code:

 My name is ?yvind ?sane. I'm Norwegian.

grammar

 html_entity_decode ( string , flags , character - set )