What’s the difference between htmlentities() and htmlspecialchars()?

April 11, 2010 | Filed Under PHP | Comments Off

htmlentities — Convert all applicable characters to HTML entities

<?php

$str = "A 'quote' is <b>bold</b>";

// Outputs: A 'quote' is &lt;b&gt;bold&lt;/b&gt;

echo htmlentities($str);

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

echo htmlentities style="color: #007700;">($str, ENT_QUOTES);

?>

htmlspecialchars much should i take — Convert special characters to HTML entities

<?php

$new = htmlspecialchars("<a href='test'>Test</a>", ENT_QUOTES);

echo $new; // &lt;a href=&#039;test&#039;&gt;Test&lt;/a&gt;

?>

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