$sanitizer->entities1() method

Entity encode a string and don’t double encode it if already encoded

Usage

// basic usage
$string = $sanitizer->entities1(string $str);

// usage with all arguments
$string = $sanitizer->entities1(string $str, $flags = 3, string $encoding = 'UTF-8');

Arguments

NameType(s)Description
strstring

String to entity encode

flags (optional)int, bool

See PHP htmlentities() function for flags.

encoding (optional)string

Encoding of string (default="UTF-8").

Return value

string

Entity encoded string

See Also


$sanitizer methods and properties

API reference based on ProcessWire core version 3.0.244

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