Doc #76680 [Com]: Uncertainty in description of html_entity_decode

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76680&edit=1 ID: 76680 Comment by: sean at m2mobi dot com Reported by: sean at m2mobi dot com Summary: Uncertainty in description of html_entity_decode Status: Open Type: Documentation Problem Package: Documentation problem PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: I'd say “Convert HTML entities to their corresponding characters” is better in this case. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-07-31 21:06:35] cmb@php.net What about “Convert all applicable HTML entities to their (corresponding) characters” or maybe “Convert HTML entities to their corresponding characters”? After all, html_entity_decode() does not necessarily convert *all* HTML entities. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-07-30 08:12:38] sean at m2mobi dot com Description: ------------ in the function description "Convert all HTML entities to their applicable characters" suggests that no characters could be applicable (or multiple), In my opinion "Convert all HTML entities to their corresponding characters" would be better, since all HTML entities have exactly one character they represent http://php.net/manual/en/function.html-entity-decode.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76680&edit=1