Answers for "convert html special characters to text php"

php decode html special characters

$str = "This is some <b>bold</b> text.";
echo htmlspecialchars_decode($str);
// out will be like:
// This is some <b>bold</b> text.

html special characters php

$string = "This is testing message "ETC" ";
htmlspecialchars($string, ENT_COMPAT)