htmlspecialchars_decode

  • Unescaping a string that has been escaped for HTML can be done using the CGI.unescapeHTML class method.

    PHP

    $result = htmlspecialchars_decode("test "unescaping" <characters>"); 
var_export($result);
// => 'test "escaping" <characters>'

    Ruby

    require 'cgi'
 
p CGI.unescapeHTML("test &quot;unescaping&quot; &lt;characters&gt;")
# => "test \"unescaping\" <characters>"

    see also

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