I have tried using html_entity_decode but it didn’t work. What is the correct function to use it to decode it? Answer You can simply use ENT_HTML5 flag with html_entity_decode : Which print: See PHP Manual:https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.html-entity-decode.php
Tag: html-entities
PHP htmlentities not working even with parameters
Of course this has been asked before and have searched for solutions, all which have not worked thus far. I want to change out the TM symbol and the ampersand to their html equivelents by using htmlentities or htmlspecialchars: This displays: I have also tried it with htmlspecialchars and the second parameter…
HTMLENTITIES doesn’t work with cyrillics
How can I make htmlentities to work with cyrillic symbols. Now, when I try input some cyrillic: “Тест” it returns “Теє My code: $var = htmlentities($var); Encoding: utf-8. Thanks! Answer In order to bring closure to this question – I want my users not to enter HTML code in the…
PHP XSS sanitization
Questions: What are the best safe1(), safe2(), safe3(), and safe4() functions to avoid XSS for UTF8 encoded pages? Is it also safe in all browsers (specifically IE6)? . Many people say the absolute best that can be done is: . . There are a hell of a lot of posts about PHP and XSS. Most just say “use HTM…