function

html_entity_decode . string . sncode

VERSIONlatest Convert all HTML entities to special characters

HTML_ENTITY_DECODE(1e)

NAME

html_entity_decode - Converts all HTML entities to special characters

SYNOPSIS

html_entity_decode(str)

PARAMETERS

str: The string being converted.

RETURN

The converted string.

EXAMPLES

Note: In the followings examples, the _ between the { should be removed to make it work.

in:  res={_{html_entity_decode("'aa&<>xaò")}}.
out: res='aa&<>xaò.

AUTHOR

Written by Pusnei Sergey and Caroline Laplante, <sergey@sednove.com>

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