Bug #63806 [Opn->Nab]: html_entity_decode($x, ENT_QUOTES, "UTF-8") doesn't work as advertised wrt. "'"

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63806&edit=1 ID: 63806 Updated by: rasmus@php.net Reported by: t dot glaser at tarent dot de Summary: html_entity_decode($x, ENT_QUOTES, "UTF-8") doesn't work as advertised wrt. "'" -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: Strings related Operating System: Debian experimental to get 5.4.9 PHP Version: 5.4.9 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: This is not a bug. html_entity_decode() defaults to HTML4 entities. &apos; is not a valid HTML4 entity. If you try your code with &#39; you will see ENT_QUOTES includes single quotes just fine. As of PHP 5.4 html_entity_decode() supports both XHTML and HTML5 entities. Use ENT_QUOTES|ENT_XHTML or ENT_QUOTES|ENT_HTML5 and you will see &apos; is converted as you would expect. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-12-19 14:31:08] t dot glaser at tarent dot de Description: ------------ http://de3.php.net/manual/en/function.html-entity-decode.php says: Available flags constants Constant Name Description ENT_COMPAT Will convert double-quotes and leave single-quotes alone. ENT_QUOTES Will convert both double and single quotes. ENT_NOQUOTES Will leave both double and single quotes unconverted. ENT_HTML401 Handle code as HTML 4.01. ENT_XML1 Handle code as XML 1. ENT_XHTML Handle code as XHTML. ENT_HTML5 Handle code as HTML 5. However, I don’t see &apos; being decoded with ENT_QUOTES. Test script: --------------- <?php $x = "&apos;"; $y = html_entity_decode($x, ENT_QUOTES, "UTF-8"); echo "< $y >\n"; Expected result: ---------------- < ' > Actual result: -------------- < &apos; > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63806&edit=1