Can not html entity decode of string in laravel5 blade view

Question

I use Php7.0 and Laravel 5.0 and want to initiate a var in javascript on blade page.

But html_entity_decode function can not decode the special chars.

userName =  "{{ html_entity_decode($user->name) }}"
console.log(userName);

I would like to see " ' < > but it gives me " ' < >

While checkin in db I can see correctly.

Any ideas?

stackoverflow.com/questions/35030977/…, laravel.com/docs/5.1/blade#displaying-data — 04FS
– 04FS, Commented Mar 26, 2019 at 9:57
Doesn't laravel decode strings between braces automatically as of Laravel 5+? — Someone
– Someone, Commented Mar 26, 2019 at 9:58
I tried to {!! but javascript gives error. Because I want to assign username to javascript var. — Burak Dağlı
– Burak Dağlı, Commented Mar 26, 2019 at 9:59
Please get out of the habit of giving useless statements like “but javascript gives error”. Quote error messages verbatim, and also show the code that causes them (in this case the client-side code that whatever you put into your template produced, as well.) — 04FS
– 04FS, Commented Mar 26, 2019 at 10:08

Peter Bode · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-26 10:08:13Z

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I did some quick testing. And the following example works on my side;

<script type="text/javascript">
    var userName = {!! json_encode($user->name) !!};
    console.log(userName);
</script>

When I check my console, the userName is displayed properly.

answered Mar 26, 2019 at 10:08

Peter Bode

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