Escape only single quotes (leave double quotes alone) with htmlspecialchars()

escaping, htmlspecialchars, php

Solution

str_replace("'", "\\'", $string);

There.

Or, use `ENT_QUOTES`

htmlspecialchars($string, ENT_QUOTES);

Problem

I know there are other ways of of escaping only single quotes (such as this answer), but it appears to me that there should be a way using htmlspecialchars(). According to the manual, it should be some combination of their constants, but based on their explanations, I don't see it. Is it possible to escape only single quotes, leaving the double quotes alone, with `htmlspecialchars()`?

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