#43294 [Fbk]: htmlentities with UTF8 fails if dagger character supplied

ID: 43294 Updated by: jani@php.net Reported By: tallyce at gmail dot com Status: Feedback Bug Type: Strings related Operating System: Windows or Linux PHP Version: 5.2.5 New Comment: Correct output: $ php t.php Test &dagger;<br />Test Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-12-10 10:01:49] jani@php.net Seems to work fine for me: [jani@localhost ~]$ php t.php Test &dagger;<br />Test[ Please try on command line. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-11-14 14:39:48] tallyce at gmail dot com Description: ------------ A string which includes the † dagger symbol that is processed with htmlentities() with UTF-8 as the encoding results in the whole string being discarded and appearing as blank. This is definitely a change in PHP 5.2.5. Tested on both Windows and Linux machines. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php echo htmlentities ('Test †', ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8') . '<br />' . htmlentities ('Test', ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8'); ?> Expected result: ---------------- Test † Test [This is indeed the result as expected, on PHP v.5.2.4] Actual result: -------------- Test [Blank line at start] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=43294&edit=1