Reversing htmlspecialchars?

[DavidPr]

I have this when posting to a database:
[PHP]$a = htmlspecialchars($_POST['article']);
$a = addslashes($a);[/PHP]

I have this when displaying the data on a Web page:
[PHP]$article=nl2br(stripslashes(mysql_result($result,$ i,"article")));[/PHP]
The stripslashes works, but the html characters show up, i.e. < >, etc.

htmlspecialchars going into the database is good, but how do I reverse it to display in a Web page?

Thanks.

[DavidPr]

I found this but how would I implement it?
[PHP]<?php
if ( !function_exists('htmlspecialchars_decode') )
{
function htmlspecialchars_decode($text)
{
return strtr($text, array_flip(get_html_translation_table(HTML_SPECIAL CHARS)));
}
}
?>[/PHP]

Would I replace $text with my database fields? if so would I need to repeat this code for each field?

[ak1dnar]

Its a function. so put it in a global file :

function htmlspecialchars_decode($text)
{
return strtr($text, array_flip(get_html_translation_table(HTML_SPECIAL CHARS)));
}
 

and include that file for your php scripts(that you expecting to use the function)

Now call for that function with the Parameters you want to decode.

$decoded_String = htmlspecialchars_decode($pass_the_string_to_decode)
 

[DavidPr]

Yes, I overlooked that this was a function for some reason. I have it in my functions page now, thanks.

David