reverse htmlspecialchars

Question

this may seem like a simple problem but I couldn\'t find it in the archives.

how does one reverse the effects of htmlspecialchars?

I tried something like thi

Answer 1

Use htmlspecialchars_decode()

this -> "
\n";

echo htmlspecialchars_decode($str);

// note that here the quotes aren't converted
echo htmlspecialchars_decode($str, ENT_NOQUOTES);
?>

Reference - PHP Official Doc