Reversing htmlspecialchars?

[DavidPr]

I have this when posting to a database:
[PHP]$a = htmlspecialchar s($_POST['article']);
$a = addslashes($a);[/PHP]

I have this when displaying the data on a Web page:
[PHP]$article=nl2br( stripslashes(my sql_result($res ult,$i,"article ")));[/PHP]
The stripslashes works, but the html characters show up, i.e. < >, etc.

htmlspecialchar s going into the database is good, but how do I reverse it to display in a Web page?

Thanks.

[DavidPr]

I found this but how would I implement it?
[PHP]<?php
if ( !function_exist s('htmlspecialc hars_decode') )
{
function htmlspecialchar s_decode($text)
{
return strtr($text, array_flip(get_ html_translatio n_table(HTML_SP ECIALCHARS)));
}
}
?>[/PHP]

Would I replace $text with my database fields? if so would I need to repeat this code for each field?

[ak1dnar]

Its a function. so put it in a global file :
[code=php]
function htmlspecialchar s_decode($text)
{
return strtr($text, array_flip(get_ html_translatio n_table(HTML_SP ECIAL CHARS)));
}
[/code]

and include that file for your php scripts(that you expecting to use the function)

Now call for that function with the Parameters you want to decode.
[code=php]
$decoded_String = htmlspecialchar s_decode($pass_ the_string_to_d ecode)
[/code]

[DavidPr]

Yes, I overlooked that this was a function for some reason. I have it in my functions page now, thanks.

David