Answers for "php parse special characters"

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.

php escape special characters

/*  EXAMPLE:	<p>Bed & Breakfast</p>	-->	  <p>Bed &amp; Breakfast</p>  
    & 	&amp;
    " 	&quot; 				(unless ENT_NOQUOTES is set)
    ' 	&#039; or &apos; 	(ENT_QUOTES must be set)
    < 	&lt;
    > 	&gt;				*/

<?php
$new = htmlspecialchars("<a href='test'>Test</a>", ENT_QUOTES);
echo $new; 					// <a href='test'>Test</a>
?>

php convert special characters to normal

$str = "d'études"; //string with special characters
$normal_str = html_entity_decode($str, ENT_QUOTES);  //d'études(studies in english)