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PHP htmlentities vs htmlspecialchars differences php functions
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This Post Was Posted On Feb 29, 2008 By web hosting #1303
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so what is the difference between htmlspecialchars() and htmlentities?


htmlspecialchars � Convert special characters to HTML entities


htmlentities � Convert all applicable characters to HTML entities



htmlentities

PHP CODE:
<?php
$str = "A 'quote' is <b>bold</b>";

echo htmlentities($str);
echo htmlentities($str, ENT_QUOTES);
?>

OUTPUT
A 'quote' is &lt;b&gt;bold&lt;/b&gt;

A &#039;quote&#039; is &lt;b&gt;bold&lt;/b&gt;


htmlspecialchars

PHP CODE:
<?php
$new = htmlspecialchars("<a href='test'>Test</a>", ENT_QUOTES);
echo $new; //
?>

OUTPUT
&lt;a href=&#039;test&#039;&gt;Test&lt;/a&gt;


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