[SOLVED] htmlspecialchars_decode

[chocopi]

Am I using this wrongly ?

My data is submitted into the database using htmlspecialchars(), but when I retrieve the data and then try and decode it, I get this error:

 

Call to undefined function: htmlspecialchars_decode() on line 6

 

Line 6:

$text = htmlspecialchars_decode($text);

 

Thanks,

 

~ Chocopi

[The Little Guy]

No... What version on PHP are you using? You need PHP 5+

 

other wise use this:

html_entity_decode($text);

[chocopi]

Yea im not using 5< so it didnt work 

 

Just out of intrest should i bother using addslashed() is im using htmlentities() ?

 

THANKS little_guy,

 

~ Chocopi

[kenrbnsn]

Why are you using htmlspecialchars() when storing your data? You probably want to use the function mysql_real_escape_string() instead.

 

Ken

[chocopi]

so i can stop " ' & < > being entered into my database

[kenrbnsn]

Use the function mysql_real_escape_string() for that. Escaping those characters (and a few others) is it's function.

 

Ken

[chocopi]

okie dokie, i will change it, Cheers Ken

[chocopi]

so doing something like this is better

 

$original = mysql_real_escape_string($original);

 

than

 

$original = htmlentities($original);

 

~ Chocopi

[The Little Guy]

for SQL, Yes

[chocopi]

kool Cheers everyone  ;D