I am reading some data from a remote file, got every thing working till the point when i write some specific lines to a text file.
problem here is, when i write something like Girl's Goldtone 'X' CZ Ring it becomes Girl & apos;s Goldtone &apos ;X & apos; CZ Ring in txt file.
how do i write to txt file so that it retains text like written above and not show character code but actual character.
sample of my code.
$content_to_write = '<li class="category-top"><span class="top-span"><a class="category-top" href="'.$linktext.'.html">'.$productName.'</a></span></li>'."
";
fwrite($fp, $content_to_write);
$linktext = "Girls-Goldtone-X-CZ-Ring";
$productName = "Girl's Goldtone 'X' CZ Ring";
var_dump
string '<li class="category-top"><span class="top-span"><a class="category-top" href="Stellar-Steed-Gallery-wrapped-Canvas-Art.html">'Stellar Steed' Gallery-wrapped Canvas Art</a></span></li>
' (length=195)
Code
$productName =$linktext;
$linktext = str_replace(" ", "-", $linktext);
$delChar = substr($linktext, -1);
if($delChar == '.')
{
$linktext = substr($linktext, 0, -1);
}
$linktext = removeRepeated($linktext);
$linktext = remove_invalid_char($linktext);
$productName = html_entity_decode($productName);
$content_to_write = '<li class="category-top"><span class="top-span"><a class="category-top" href="'.$linktext.'.html">'.$productName.'</a></span></li>'."
";
var_dump($content_to_write);
fwrite($fp, utf8_encode($content_to_write));