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|description=This function is similar to PHP's [http://php.net/htmlspecialchars htmlspecialchars] function,  however, it additionally checks the encoding argument and takes care of HTML entities using regex.
|description=This function is similar to PHP's [http://php.net/htmlspecialchars htmlspecialchars] function,  however, it additionally checks the encoding argument and takes care of HTML entities using regex.
|parameters={{parmdesc
|parameters={{parmdesc
   |$str|d1=- The string that will be encoded.
   |$str|d1=- The string that will be converted.
   |$quote_style|d2=- Bitmask flag on how to handle the string (optional).
   |$quote_style|d2=- Bitmask flag on how to handle the string (optional).
   |$charset|d3=- The character set of the string (optional).
   |$charset|d3=- The character set of the string (optional).
}}
}}
|return=The escaped string.
|return=The converted string.
|example=<nowiki>$result = $smcFunc['htmlspecialchars']('<<<"This is a string that will be encoded.">>>');</nowiki>
|example=<nowiki>$result = $smcFunc['htmlspecialchars']('<<<"This is a string that will be converted to HTML entities.">>>');</nowiki>
}}
}}



Revision as of 23:38, 24 August 2012

Usage:

$smcFunc['htmlspecialchars'] (string $str [, int $quote_style = ENT_COMPAT, string $charset = 'ISO-8859-1'])


Description: This function is similar to PHP's htmlspecialchars function, however, it additionally checks the encoding argument and takes care of HTML entities using regex.

Parameters:

  • $str - The string that will be converted.
  • $quote_style - Bitmask flag on how to handle the string (optional).
  • $charset - The character set of the string (optional).

Return: The converted string.

Example:

$result = $smcFunc['htmlspecialchars']('<<<"This is a string that will be converted to HTML entities.">>>');



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