I'm a little confused by html entity encoding

Question

So I know this

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

is supposed to encode HTML entities but I can't seem to get it to work. So basically what I'm trying to ask is, can someone please explain to me how to use this?

The page on PHP's website isn't making much sense to me.

string HTML entities ( string $string [, int $flags = ENT_COMPAT | ENT_HTML401 [, string $encoding = ini_get("default_charset") [, bool $double_encode = true ]]] ) — SoaringGecko, Jan 22 '20 at 12:43
Yeah, I'm asking how to make it work because I don't understand it what so ever — SoaringGecko, Jan 22 '20 at 12:46
[This](https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.htmlentities.php#refsect1-function.htmlentities-examples) does not help…? — deceze, Jan 22 '20 at 13:28
If you need conceptual background, http://kunststube.net/escapism might help. — deceze, Jan 22 '20 at 13:29

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 22 '20 at 13:23

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You can use below example

$str = "Jane & 'Tarzan'";
echo htmlspecialchars($str, ENT_COMPAT); // Will only convert double quotes

$str = 'I love "PHP".';
echo htmlspecialchars($str, ENT_QUOTES); // Converts double and single quotes

answered Jan 22 '20 at 13:23

Umar Abdullah

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The first one also notably converts `&`… – deceze Jan 22 '20 at 13:26

I'm a little confused by html entity encoding

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