php string convert to html

Question

I have a string <div id="myid">...</div>

How would I change this into <div id="myid">...</div>

I have tried a few things but no luck any help?

Update

function get_page(){
  $file = 'file.php';
  $str = file_get_contents($file);
  $str = html_entity_decode($str);
  return $str;
}
$output = get_page();
echo $output;//don't work

FIX

function get_page(){
      $file = 'file.php';
      $str = file_get_contents($file);
      return $str;
    }
    $output = get_page();
    echo html_entity_decode($output);//works

Pekka · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-24 13:24:16Z

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The function for that is htmlspecialchars_decode().

Note that for the function to decode quotes, you need to specify the $quote_style parameter.

answered Nov 24, 2010 at 13:24

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Pekka Over a year ago

@Val what result do you get? What code do you use? You are using it like this: $string = htmlspecialchars_decode($string);, right?

Val Over a year ago

yes , and $str = htmlspecialchars_decode($str,ENT_NOQUOTES); still doesn't work. I save it into a file using fwrite, wen i try to output it to html it comes up as plain text not html element, if that helps

Pekka Over a year ago

@Val your problem is most likely elsewhere. Try a echo $str; to see the output

Val Over a year ago

hmm Your right... watch my update and try and help me where im going wrong.

Val Over a year ago

the problem is there on the return $str

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Yeroon · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-24 13:34:52Z

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html_entity_decode is what you need: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.html-entity-decode.php

answered Nov 24, 2010 at 13:34

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Napas · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-24 13:26:15Z

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$from = array('&lt;', '&gt;');
$to = array('<', '>');
$string = str_replace($from, $to, $string);

answered Nov 24, 2010 at 13:26

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Val Over a year ago

I could be here a year trying to figure out all the individual characters and secondly that could slow the page down,

HAMMOU REDOUANE · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-24 02:40:13Z

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use this it's better ...

<?php
$text = '<p>Test paragraph.</p><!-- Comment --> <a href="#fragment">Other text</a>';
echo strip_tags($text);
echo "\n";
// Allow <p> and <a>

echo strip_tags($text, '<p><a>');
?>

answered Dec 24, 2013 at 2:40

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Conner · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-18 04:49:13Z

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htmlspecialchars_decode($string)

edited Aug 18, 2012 at 4:49

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