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What’s the difference between htmlentities() and htmlspecialchars()?

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18-Mar-2011

Difference between htmlentities() and htmlspecialchars()

htmlentities

PHP CODE:
htmlentities

PHP CODE:
<?php
$str = "A 'quote' is <b>bold</b>";

echo htmlentities($str);
echo htmlentities($str, ENT_QUOTES);
?>

OUTPUT

A 'quote' is &lt;b&gt;bold&lt;/b&gt;

A &#039;quote&#039; is &lt;b&gt;bold&lt;/b&gt;

htmlspecialchars

PHP CODE:

<?php
$new = htmlspecialchars("<a href='test'>Test</a>", ENT_QUOTES);
echo $new; //
?>
OUTPUT

&lt;a href=&#039;test&#039;&gt;Test&lt;/a&gt;
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