string
htmlspecialcharsEx(
 string text
)

The function htmlspecialcharsEx 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 PHP function htmlspecialchars, this function allows to specify symbols in the format &symbol_code;.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
text	Text to be converted.

See Also

• htmlspecialcharsBack

Example

<?
$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"
?>

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