php echo working html code from mysql?

Question

I have a chunk of html code stored in a field in a mysql database. If i try and echo it out it just sits on the page as text. Is there a way to echo it out in a working fashion. ( Meaning the html displays what it is meant to display )

The code is stored in a varchar field and i used nl2br with special characters to insert it. The code display's as text but it is what it should be.

Again can i echo the code out in a working way?

EDIT - This is the code that is displayed on the page.

<img name="" src="http://www.mysite.com/assets/viewcart.png" width="114" height="48"alt="" />

and this is the code stored in the database.

&lt;img name=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.mysite.com/assets/viewcart.png&quot; width=&quot;114&quot; height=&quot;48&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;

The Echo request i used to get the code out was a simple.

echo $row['htmlcode'];

Thanks for any help and examples.

if its valid html, on a valid html page then there should be no issue, post it so we can take a look — user557846
– user557846, Commented Dec 5, 2011 at 6:22

mplungjan · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-05 06:48:09Z

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You could try running your text through html_entity_decode() before echoing it.

as in echo html_entity_decode($row['htmlcode']);

edited Dec 5, 2011 at 6:48

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answered Dec 5, 2011 at 6:21

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3 Comments

Blender Over a year ago

I'm stabbing in the dark here, as the OP said that he could see the HTML code (so either it was rendered as plaintext, or was encoded). I'm just guessing.

user557846 Over a year ago

oh i know, just saying is all, based on the question its as valid an answer as well any :-)

David Wibb Over a year ago

Have you got an example of how i can use html_entity_decode with the echo.

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