PHP html_entity_decode Doesn't Decode Entity as Expected?

Question

In the following code:

$string1 = "function doesn&apos;t work as expected";
$string2 = html_entity_decode($string1);

$string2 still contains:

 &apos;

...after the call to html_entity_decode().

I've checked other SO threads on this topic, but haven't yet found the answer. What am I missing?

garrettmurray · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-16 23:43:36Z

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The default flags for html_entity_decode do not include single quotes. Try updating your flags argument to include ENT_QUOTES and ENT_HTML5:

$string1 = "function doesn&apos;t work as expected";
echo $string2 = html_entity_decode($string1, ENT_QUOTES|ENT_HTML5);
// function doesn't work as expected

answered Feb 16, 2017 at 23:43

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