html encoding with php

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I have an issue. I have a column in mysql database like

<p><strong>WELCOME</strong></p>
<p><strong>About Me</strong>

Now I want to fetch this in my php page. But when I am fetching, it doesn't show bold text, only normal text. I am using

html_entity_decode($content,0,1649)."...");

I agree with @IgnacioVazquez-Abrams and check your encoding types from your database. — djthoms
– djthoms, Commented Jan 7, 2013 at 4:19
Even if I am using <span style="font-weight:bold"> instead of <strong> tag then it works. — phpdeveloper
– phpdeveloper, Commented Jan 7, 2013 at 4:19
I removed the htmlentities also now. But still not working. By the way how to check the encoding type in DB and what should be it? — phpdeveloper
– phpdeveloper, Commented Jan 7, 2013 at 4:22
@Daya That is not helpful. The <strong> tag is the correct way of embolding text. — nerdarama
– nerdarama, Commented Jan 7, 2013 at 4:24

Brad · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-07 04:27:41Z

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It sounds like what is happening is that you have some other code that is escaping your data prior to being output for HTML.

This is a good thing in most cases. You don't want HTML with <script> tags and what not being allowed in your data from users. If anything, you don't want < and > to be misinterpreted.

However, if you do want to allow HTML, you need to modify whatever is outputting your HTML to not escape this particular variable.

answered Jan 7, 2013 at 4:27

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