htmlspecialchars() function converts a select few characters in the context of HTML into their equivalent HTML entities. : htmlspecialchars « HTML « PHP

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2. HTML
3. htmlspecialchars

htmlspecialchars() function converts a select few characters in the context of HTML into their equivalent HTML entities.

 
Its syntax is: string htmlspecialchars (string string)

The htmlspecialchars() function currently only converts the following characters:

&   becomes &amp
""  becomes &quot
<   becomes &lt;
>   becomes &gt


<?
$user_input = "<<enough>> & !";
$conv_input = htmlspecialchars($user_input);
print $conv_input;
?>
  
  

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