How can special characters be converted back to non-special characters in PHP?

Special characters in PHP can be converted back to non-special characters using the htmlspecialchars_decode() function. This function converts special HTML entities back to their corresponding characters. By using this function, you can ensure that special characters are displayed correctly in your PHP application. 

$specialString = "<Hello World>";
$nonSpecialString = htmlspecialchars_decode($specialString);
echo $nonSpecialString; // Output: <Hello World>

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PHP special characters non-special characters encoding decoding

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