Re: php with htmlspecialchars function

On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 13:07, Lisa Nguyen <lisa.nguyen@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote: > Hi > > I use one of your example to test the htmlspecialchars : > > <?php > $new = htmlspecialchars("<a href='test'>Test</a>", ENT_QUOTES); > echo $new; // &lt;a href=&#039;test&#039;&gt;Test&lt;/a&gt; > ?> > > On my browse, it display like below > <a href='test'>Test</a> > > Instead: > Test > > Please help me how display on browse only "Test", not like view source. First, this isn't a support channel. Please view http://php.net/support for a brief list of available support methods. The list you want is PHP General (CC'd on this email, and you can subscribe at http://php.net/mailinglists ). Second, you're using htmlspecialchars(), which is converting the < and > to &lt; and &gt; respectively, which will cause the browser to display it as if it was source (though viewing the source of that would show you the entities). Instead, check out strip_tags(), which is likely what you want: http://php.net/strip_tags -- </Daniel P. Brown> Network Infrastructure Manager http://www.php.net/