javascript conversion from html code to real value

Question

I have a textbox and i have values in database like ® which is equal to ® .I fetch data and write it into textbox but it writes the data as it is.The code part is like this

var data=database_values;//here there is data like this "DOLBY&#174;"
document.getElementById(id).value = data;

I want to make the textbox value DOLBY® not DOLBY®

As I understand your database value is & #174; and the textbox show & #174; and not (R);. What database do you use? most of them can use special character set and store (R);. — HamoriZ, Nov 09 '10 at 07:55
@Zoltan Hamori, most databases `can` store special characters does not mean that we have to. There are reasons for storing escaped values. — Nivas, Nov 09 '10 at 08:01

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 09 '10 at 07:58

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If you are getting ® as ® then unescape it.

document.getElementById(id).value = unescape(data);

answered Nov 09 '10 at 07:58

Nivas

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how can i do that for dolby®?i dont want to unescape omly ® ,i want to apply it for dolby® – Hüseyin BABAL Nov 09 '10 at 08:06

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 09 '10 at 08:55

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Assuming you're using a server side language (i.e php) there are functions for that.

for example this will work with php:

html_entity_decode($data);

if you're set on using javascript, there's still a way. see the code here.

answered Nov 09 '10 at 08:55

Yonizaf

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 09 '10 at 09:49

Hi i found a way to unescape html code.Here is the function

function unescapeHTML(html) {
var tempHtmlNode = document.createElement("tempDiv");
tempHtmlNode.innerHTML = html;
if(tempHtmlNode.innerText)
return tempHtmlNode.innerText; // IE
return tempHtmlNode.textContent; // FF

}

Thanks for your help anyway

javascript conversion from html code to real value

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