PHP Htmlentities Vs Htmlspecialchars Differences Php Functions

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so what is the difference between htmlspecialchars() and htmlentities? htmlspecialchars â�� Convert special characters to HTML entities htmlentities â�� Convert all applicable characters to HTML entities htmlentitiesPHP CODE:<?php $str = "A 'quote' is <b>bold</b>"; echo htmlentities($str); echo htmlentities($str, ENT_QUOTES); ?> OUTPUTA 'quote' is &lt;b&gt;bold&lt;/b& ..... Read More

Comments by: Steven Schoch

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:34:37 -0700

...and apparently, this board is not doing it correctly either.

Comments by: Steven Schoch

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:34:37 -0700

i found a difference. if the string contains non-ascii characters, htmlspecialchars will display correctly, but htmlentities will not. for example, if the string is "sÃ¨ve", htmlspecialchars will show it correctly, but htmlentities will show it as "sÃ�Â¨ve".