PHP: Decoding Html Entities

Question

I want to decode html entities using php html_entity_decode() but my html entities seem incompatible with the function.

Example Input String: html_entity_decode('&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;');
Outputs: &lt;strong&gt;

Removing the 'amp;' solves the problem and produces <strong> but my file has 'amp;' before every html entity. A mass removal of amp; would probably solve the problem, but also very destructive to the html. Is it possible to convert my entities with this situation of an extra amp; before all entities?

nickb · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-20 14:40:43Z

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It's double encoded - Run the string through html_entity_decode() twice.

echo html_entity_decode( html_entity_decode('&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;'));

This will output:

<strong>

answered Jul 20, 2012 at 14:40

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JMC Over a year ago

Thanks your answer works perfect. My mistake not pasting in the ending semicolon. That was an insanely fast answer by the way!

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