PHP - Function Htmlspecialchars

Syntax

string htmlspecialchars ( string $string [, int $flags = ENT_COMPAT | ENT_HTML401 
   [, string $encoding = ini_get("default_charset") [, bool $double_encode = true ]]] )

Definition and Usage

It is used to convert special characters to HTML entities

Return Values

It returns the converted string.

Parameters

Sr.No	Parameters & Description
1	string It contains the information about input string
2	flags It contains the information about flags
3	encoding It is an optional argument defining the encoding used when converting characters.

Parameters & Description

It contains the information about input string

It contains the information about flags

encoding

It is an optional argument defining the encoding used when converting characters.

Example

Try out the following example

Live Demo

<?php
   $input = htmlspecialchars("<a href='tutorialspoint'>Tutorialspoint</a>", ENT_QUOTES);
   
   echo $input;
?>

This will produce following result − −

<a href='tutorialspoint'>Tutorialspoint</a>

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