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  1. kagg-design created this gist May 29, 2025.
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    /**
    * Decode HTML entities in a string.
    * Do it cycle to decode all possible entities, including cases like `<`.
    *
    * @since 1.9.2.3
    *
    * @param string $html HTML.
    * @param int $flags Flags.
    * @param string|null $encoding Encoding.
    *
    * @return string
    * @noinspection PhpMissingParamTypeInspection
    */
    function wpforms_html_entity_decode_deep( string $html, int $flags = ENT_QUOTES | ENT_SUBSTITUTE | ENT_HTML401, $encoding = null ): string {

    do {
    $previous_html = $html;
    $html = html_entity_decode( $html, $flags, $encoding );
    } while ( $html !== $previous_html );

    return $html;
    }