diff --git a/common.php b/common.php
index 615977e1f..78bc16ed4 100644
--- a/common.php
+++ b/common.php
@@ -264,6 +264,20 @@ function clean_filename($fname)
     return str_replace($s, '_', str_compact($fname));
 }
 
+/**
+ * Convert special characters to HTML entities
+ *
+ * @param $txt
+ * @param bool $double_encode
+ * @param int $quote_style
+ * @param ?string $charset
+ * @return string
+ */
+function htmlCHR($txt, bool $double_encode = false, int $quote_style = ENT_QUOTES, ?string $charset = 'UTF-8'): string
+{
+    return (string)htmlspecialchars($txt ?? '', $quote_style, $charset, $double_encode);
+}
+
 /**
  * @param string $str
  * @return string
diff --git a/library/includes/functions.php b/library/includes/functions.php
index b57c96c9e..a90fd7fd5 100644
--- a/library/includes/functions.php
+++ b/library/includes/functions.php
@@ -787,20 +787,6 @@ function wbr($text, $max_word_length = HTML_WBR_LENGTH)
     return preg_replace("/([\w\->;:.,~!?(){}@#$%^*\/\\\\]{" . $max_word_length . "})/ui", '$1<wbr>', $text);
 }
 
-/**
- * Convert special characters to HTML entities
- *
- * @param $txt
- * @param bool $double_encode
- * @param int $quote_style
- * @param ?string $charset
- * @return string
- */
-function htmlCHR($txt, bool $double_encode = false, int $quote_style = ENT_QUOTES, ?string $charset = 'UTF-8'): string
-{
-    return (string)htmlspecialchars($txt ?? '', $quote_style, $charset, $double_encode);
-}
-
 function generate_user_info($row, bool $have_auth = IS_ADMIN): array
 {
     global $userdata, $lang, $images, $bb_cfg;