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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. gavinggordon/htmlentities ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) gavinggordon/htmlentities ========================= A PHP class which allows the decoding and encoding of a wider variety of characters compared to the standard htmlentities and html\_entity\_decode functions. 4.1(10y ago)23182MITPHP Since Apr 4Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/gavinggordon/htmlentities)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/gavinggordon/htmlentities)[ Docs](http://htmlentities.gavingordon.com)[ RSS](/packages/gavinggordon-htmlentities/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced today READMEChangelog (9)Dependencies (2)Versions (7)Used By (0) HtmlEntities v4.1 ================= [](#htmlentities-v41) [![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/6a26873c5b016648512a595c90a3306e0573bbc5b51a6ad387843603232d5aa5/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f676176696e67676f72646f6e2f68746d6c656e7469746965732e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/gavinggordon/htmlentities)[![Dependency Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/25009f6ecb11f4749574a2729acdaa5a7984b1b66421ce49d2ee5fef9ba4493f/68747470733a2f2f7777772e76657273696f6e6579652e636f6d2f757365722f70726f6a656374732f3537333035636265613063613335303033346265373066372f62616467652e7376673f7374796c653d666c6174)](https://www.versioneye.com/user/projects/57305cbea0ca350034be70f7)[![Total Packagist Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/8efa08c7f263e44845a808171a105d24eb82ef32d44b0296f0597c1cb5ec7287/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f676176696e67676f72646f6e2f68746d6c656e7469746965732e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/gavinggordon/htmlentities)[![Usage License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7013272bd27ece47364536a221edb554cd69683b68a46fc0ee96881174c4214c/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f6c6963656e73652d4d49542d626c75652e737667)](https://github.com/gavinggordon/htmlentities/blob/master/license.txt) Description ----------- [](#description) The ability to encode and decode a certain set of characters called 'Html Entities' has existed since PHP4. Amongst the vast number of functions built into PHP, there are 4 nearly identical functions that are used to encode and decode html entities; despite their similarities, however, 2 of them do provide additional capabilities not available to the others. Encoding FunctionsDecoding Functionshtmlentities¹html\_entity\_decode¹htmlspecialchars²htmlspecialchars\_decode²**¹** *htmlentities and html\_entity\_decode can only encode and decode characters within PHP's HTML translations table.* **²** *htmlspecialchars and htmlspecialchars\_decode can only encode and decode special characters³.* **³** *special characters are not interpreted as HTML tags and 8-bit characters are encoded as ASCII characters only.* What Sets This Apart -------------------- [](#what-sets-this-apart) What sets this class apart from the rest is that this class, in addition to being able to encode and decode all of the same characters/entities that can be encoded and decoded by PHP's htmlentities() and html\_entity\_decode() functions, it can also encode and decode a very large number of characters/entities which PHP's built-in htmlentities encoding and decoding functions won't encode/decode, due to their lack of special meaning in HTML, like: - punctuation characters; - ASCII characters; - Greek characters; - Latin characters; - Russian characters; - Arithmetic characters; - and tons more... Usage ----- [](#usage) ### Installation (via Composer) [](#installation-via-composer) ``` composer require gavinggordon/htmlentities ``` ### Examples [](#examples) #### Instantiation: [](#instantiation) ``` include_once( __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php' ); $htmlentities = new \GGG\HtmlEntities(); ``` #### Encoding: [](#encoding) ``` $to_encode = 'Test-,;:'; // Set a variable containing a string of the encoded characters you wish to be encoded; $encoded = $htmlentities->encode( $to_encode ); // Get the encoded result by using the encode method on the returned instance of HtmlEntities; echo $encoded; // Display the encoded result, which is of type String; // Test‐,;: ``` #### Decoding: [](#decoding) ``` $to_decode = 'Test˜*(#'; // Set a variable containing a string of the encoded characters you wish to be decoded; $decoded = $htmlentities->decode( $to_decode ); // Get the decoded result by using the decode method on the returned instance of HtmlEntities; echo $decoded; // Display the decoded result, which is of type String; // Test~*(# ``` --- #### More Information [](#more-information) ##### CodeClimate [](#codeclimate) Check out our [CodeClimate](https://codeclimate.com) stats by [clicking here](https://codeclimate.com/github/gavinggordon/htmlentities). ##### PHP Innovation Award [](#php-innovation-award) This [class](http://www.phpclasses.org/package/9698.html) has been awarded a PHP Innovation Award, provided by [PHPClasses.org](http://www.phpclasses.org). My other PHP classes are accessible online via my [GitHub profile](https://github.com/gavinggordon) or [PHPClasses.org profile](http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/author/1348645.html). --- ### Health Score 31 — LowBetter than 66% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity16 Limited adoption so far Community9 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity67 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement. **Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability. ### Release Activity Cadence Every ~8 days Recently: every ~2 days Total 6 Last Release 3699d ago Major Versions 1.0.0 → 2.0.12016-05-04 2.0.2 → 3.02016-05-04 3.0 → 4.02016-05-09 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7691513?v=4)[Gavin G Gordon](/maintainers/gavinggordon)[@gavinggordon](https://github.com/gavinggordon) --- Top Contributors [![gavinggordon](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7691513?v=4)](https://github.com/gavinggordon "gavinggordon (101 commits)") --- Tags phpformatterencodinghtmlencodedecodedecodingentitiesencoderdecoderhtmlentitiesget\_html\_translation\_tablehtml\_translation\_tabletranslation\_tablehtml\_translationv4.1 ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/gavinggordon-htmlentities/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/gavinggordon-htmlentities/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/gavinggordon-htmlentities) ``` ### Alternatives [dflydev/base32-crockford Encode/decode numbers using Douglas Crockford's Base32 Encoding 14400.6k1](/packages/dflydev-base32-crockford)[delight-im/base64 Simple and convenient Base64 encoding and decoding for PHP 15167.1k6](/packages/delight-im-base64) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)