htmlspecialcharsEx

string
htmlspecialcharsEx(
 string text
);

The function converts text to HTML safe format, replacing special symbols with the corresponding HTML entities:

Original symbols	After replacement
<	&lt;
>	&gt;
"	&quot;
&quot;	&amp;quot;
&amp;	&amp;amp;
&lt;	&amp;lt;
&gt;	&amp;gt;

Note: Unlike the standard htmlspecialchars PHP function, this function allows to specify symbols in the format: &symbol_code;

Function parameters

See Also

• htmlspecialcharsBack

Examples of use

<?
$text = '"if a>b and b>c, then a>c"';

$res = htmlspecialcharsEx($text); 
// $res now contains: 
// &quot;if a&gt;b and b&gt;c, then a&gt;c&quot;

echo $res; 
// output: 
// "if a>b and b>c, then a>c"
?>