Posted by jl on 12/17/93 11:57

jl wrote:
> >From the php manual I copied and pasted this example:
>
> <?php
> $str = "A 'quote' is <b>bold</b>";
>
> // Outputs: A 'quote' is &lt;b&gt;bold&lt;/b&gt;
> echo htmlentities($str);
>
> // Outputs: A &#039;quote&#039; is &lt;b&gt;bold&lt;/b&gt;
> echo htmlentities($str, ENT_QUOTES);
> ?>
>
> However, when I run it in my browser, the output is wrong:
>
> A 'quote' is <b>bold</b>A 'quote' is <b>bold</b>
>
> the < is not converted to &lt (no conversion is taking place)
>
> Is there a configuration that would disable htmlentities?
> Does anyone have any idea as to what would cause htmlentities to not
> work?
>
> Thanks!
> jl

I figured it out. The browser was reconverting the string.

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