note 88496 added to function.htmlspecialchars-decode

or of course: <?php $var = "Blue & yellow make green."; $var = (htmlspecialchars_decode($var) == $var) ? htmlspecialchars($var) : $var; echo $var; // outputs Blue &amp; yellow make green. // you can do it a bunch of times, it still won't screw you! $var = (htmlspecialchars_decode($var) == $var) ? htmlspecialchars($var) : $var; $var = (htmlspecialchars_decode($var) == $var) ? htmlspecialchars($var) : $var; echo $var; // still outputs Blue &amp; yellow make green. ?> Put it in a function. Add it to the method of some abstract data class. ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 2002:4ada:c1c6:0:21b:63ff:fe06:6e39 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.htmlspecialchars-decode.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/88496 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88496/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88496/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88496/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88496/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88496/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88496/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88496 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/88496 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php