PHP function htmlspecialchars_decode()

Availability in versions: PHP 5.1.0

Convert special HTML entities back to characters

Parameters

Parameter	Data type	Default value	Note
$string	string	not	The string to decode
$quote_style	int	null	The quote style. One of the following constants: quote_style constants Constant Name Description ENT_COMPAT Will convert double-quotes and leave single-quotes alone (default) ENT_QUOTES Will convert both double and single quotes ENT_NOQUOTES Will leave both double and single quotes unconverted

Return values

string

the decoded string.

Other resources

Official htmlspecialchars-decode documentation