The htmlspecialchars_decode() function converts some predefined HTML entities to characters. The htmlspecialchars_decode() function is the opposite of htmlspecialchars(). You may also like PHP html_entity_decode() Function and How to Encode and Decode URL Using PHP.
Example
<?php
$str = "This is some <b>bold</b> text.";
echo htmlspecialchars_decode($str);
?>The HTML output of the code above will be (View Source):
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
This is some <b>bold</b> text.
</body>
</html> Output
This is some bold text.
