Why html_entities_decode is not decoding the html entities?

Question

I have this code:

$string = "Perfect Valentine&#039;s Day Care Package | SpouseBuzz.com";
echo $string ."\n";
echo html_entity_decode($string) ."\n";

And it returns:

Perfect Valentine&#039;s Day Care Package | SpouseBuzz.com
Perfect Valentine&#039;s Day Care Package | SpouseBuzz.com

My question is: why html_entity_decode is not converting the html entity?

Thanks!

Amal · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-02 11:40:30Z

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html_entity_decode() by default will only convert double-quotes and will leave single-quotes alone. To also convert single-quotes to their corresponding character, add the ENT_QUOTES flag:

echo html_entity_decode($string, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');

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answered Mar 2, 2014 at 11:40

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