get_html_translation_table

Function • Params changed in PHP 8.1

Returns the translation table used by htmlspecialchars and htmlentities.

PHP 5
PHP 7.0
Improved
PHP 7.1-7.4
PHP 8.0
Improved
PHP 8.1
Improved
PHP 8.2-8.3
PHP 8.4
PHP 8.5
PHP 8.6

get_html_translation_table Function synopsis

get_html_translation_table(
    int $table = HTML_SPECIALCHARS,
    int $flags = ENT_QUOTES | ENT_SUBSTITUTE | ENT_HTML401,
    string $encoding = "UTF-8"
  ): array

Parameters

$table

OptionalTypeintDefault valueHTML_SPECIALCHARS

Which table to return. Either HTML_ENTITIES or HTML_SPECIALCHARS.

$flags

OptionalTypeintDefault valueENT_QUOTES | ENT_SUBSTITUTE | ENT_HTML401

A bitmask of one or more of the following flags, which specify which quotes the table will contain as well as which document type the table is for. The default is ENT_QUOTES | ENT_SUBSTITUTE | ENT_HTML401.

$encoding

OptionalTypestringDefault value"UTF-8"

Encoding to use. If omitted, the default value for this argument is UTF-8.

Return value

Typearray

Returns the translation table as an array, with the original characters as keys and entities as values.

Changes to the get_html_translation_table Function

PHP 8.1

  • Parameter default value changed for position #2 ($flags): ENT_COMPAT to ENT_QUOTES | ENT_SUBSTITUTE | ENT_HTML401
  get_html_translation_table(
      int $table = HTML_SPECIALCHARS,
-     int $flags = ENT_COMPAT,
+     int $flags = ENT_QUOTES | ENT_SUBSTITUTE | ENT_HTML401,
      string $encoding = "UTF-8"
    ): array

PHP 8.0

  • Return type added: array
  • Parameter type added for parameter #1 ($table): int
  • Parameter default value added for position #1 ($table): HTML_SPECIALCHARS
  • Parameter name of parameter #2 changed: $quote_style to $flags
  • Parameter type added for parameter #2 ($flags): int
  • Parameter default value added for position #2 ($flags): ENT_COMPAT
  • Parameter type added for parameter #3 ($encoding): string
  • Parameter default value added for position #3 ($encoding): "UTF-8"
  get_html_translation_table(
-     $table,
+     int $table = HTML_SPECIALCHARS,
-     $quote_style,
+     int $flags = ENT_COMPAT,
-     $encoding
+     string $encoding = "UTF-8"
-   )
+   ): array

PHP 7.0

  • Optional parameter added - #3: $encoding
-get_html_translation_table($table, $quote_style)
+get_html_translation_table(
+    $table,
+    $quote_style,
+    $encoding
+  )

get_html_translation_table Function Availability

PHP VersionAvailability
PHP 8.6Upcoming Release Yes
PHP 8.5Supported (Latest) Yes
PHP 8.4Supported Yes
PHP 8.3Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 8.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.3Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.2Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.6Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.5Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.3Unsupported Yes