get_html_translation_table() function in PHP

The get_html_translation_table() function returns the translation table used by htmlspecialchars() and htmlentities().

Syntax

get_html_translation_table(func, table, flags)

func − The translation table to return.
The following are the possible values −
- HTML_SPECIALCHARS - Default. Translates some characters that need URL-encoding to be shown properly on a HTML page
- HTML_ENTITIES - Translates all characters that need URL-encoding to be shown properly on a HTML page.
table − It contains the information about which table to return either HTML_ENTITIES or HTML_SPECIALCHARS
flags − The flag information

The get_html_translation_table() function returns the translation table as an array with the original characters as keys and entities as values.

The following is an example −

<?php
print_r (get_html_translation_table(HTML_SPECIALCHARS));
?>

The following is the output −

Array
(
   ["] => "
   [&] => &
   [<] => <
   [>] => >
)

Let us see another example −

<?php
print_r (get_html_translation_table(HTML_SPECIALCHARS));
?>

The following is the output −

Array
(
   ["] => "
   [&] => &
   [<] => <
   [>] => >
)