htmlspecialchars_decode() dosen't work with spaces

Question

I'm trying to use htmlspecialchars_decode() but it don't decoding   into spaces. Are any solutions of this problem?

My code:

$query = mysql_query("select * from nowosci order by id desc limit 0,3");
while($rekord = mysql_fetch_array($query))
{
$tekst .= '<h1 class="body"><div class="date" style="display:inline; color:grey; margin-right:5px;">'.$rekord[3].'</div>'.html_entity_decode($rekord[1]).'</h1><div class="main">'.html_entity_decode($rekord[2]).'</div>';
}
echo $tekst

Answer 1

Use html_entity_decode() instead.

htmlspecialchars_decode() only decodes & " (when ENT_NOQUOTES is not set), ' (when ENT_QUOTES is set), < and >.

Answer 2

htmlspecialchars_decode() decodes htmlspecialchars and it's not supposed decode   as this does not belong to htmlspecialchars. you can look at htmlspecialchars list.

you can use html_entity_decode(); instead.