Question

I am using Code Ignitor for my site. The problem is in the same server the function htmlspecialchars_decode($str); is working but not when I use with CI.

This is my code in controller’s function:

$meta_d = $this->site_model->lyrics_meta_desc();
$data['meta_desc'] = htmlspecialchars_decode($meta_d);

And this in my view:

<meta name="description" content="<?php echo character_limiter($meta_desc, 150);?>" />

Is there anything I am missing. Or some thing else is to be done for CI. Please suggest.By the way I have loaded text helper for the use of character_limiter.

Answer 1

The given code works as it is intended.

However if you want to get readable text from the Html entities such as I've wal . You need to call utf8_encode() after htmlspecialchars_decode() .I would advice you to use html_entity_decode() as well , since it includes all html entities .

so,

$meta_d = $this->site_model->lyrics_meta_desc();
$data['meta_desc'] = utf8_encode(html_entity_decode($meta_d));