How to convert html special chars to ordinary HTML?

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HtmlSpecialChars equivalent in Javascript?

I need to convert with escaped htmlspecialchars to a valid HTML code, for example:

&lt;p&gt;Text here&lt;/p&gt;

should be displayed in the browser like

Text here

What is the right way to do that?

Thanks in advance, Ivan.

@anonymousdownvotingislame Side note: I totally agree with your name — Oliver Spryn, Aug 07 '12 at 15:07
stepped over this searching to savely replace { into "TEXT" (not HTML!) with jquery... finaly confused by the other topic, i figured this out for me: — René W., Jun 07 '17 at 12:39
var htmlRegExConversion = new RegExp("(\\\\d+);"); while (htmlRegExConversion.test(anyText)) anyText = anyText.replace(htmlRegExConversion, function (e) { return String.fromCharCode(e.substring(2,e.length-1)*1); }); so this is not an answer for the question but maybe somebody as well hits this post — René W., Jun 07 '17 at 12:47

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:15

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answered Aug 07 '12 at 15:13

Ivan Gromov

Sorry, didn't notice that you were using jQuery. ;) – Oliver Spryn Aug 07 '12 at 15:49

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 07 '12 at 15:06

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Try the PHP.JS function to perform this action. Their examples solve exactly the question you are asking:

answered Aug 07 '12 at 15:06

Oliver Spryn

the question never mentions php. what if we are not using php – Neville Nazerane May 29 '14 at 07:32
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@NevilleNazerane I didn't mention PHP, either. I said PHP.JS, which is a library which includes JavaScript implementations of many of PHP's built-in functions. It is purely a JavaScript implementation and is totally independent and unrelated to PHP. – Oliver Spryn May 29 '14 at 14:08

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