Php Str_replace for \&#39 doesnt work

Question

i have a title field for mysql field as this

Newyork\' s best place

it seems

Newyork\ s best place 

i want to change it as

Mewyork's best place

i make this but it doesn't work

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

Any suggestions?

Look this site title: http://www.kusadasisehirrehberi.com/

Orijinal codes

functions.php

      default:
  $baslik=mysql_fetch_row(mysql_query("SELECT title from ayar where id=1 limit 0,1"));
  $title=title_temizle($baslik['0']);
  $title=str_replace("\'", "'", $title);
  }

  return $title;

  }

header.php

<title><?php echo $title ?> </title>

Answer 1

You need to escape backslash - \ too, because in your case you are escaping ampersand symbol - &

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

Answer 2

You need to use html_entity_decode...

So:

 <?php
       echo html_entity_decode($field);
 ?>

In this example I assume that the string

Newyork\' s best place

Is in $field.

Also see: http://www.web2generators.com/html/entities

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Updated:

Try the following, this should work for you.

<title><?php echo html_entity_decode($title) ?> </title>