#43740 [Opn]: htmlspecialchars Bug UTF-8

ID: 43740 Updated by: derick@php.net Reported By: heurika at gmail dot com Status: Open Bug Type: *Unicode Issues Operating System: openSuse 10.1 PHP Version: 5.2.5 New Comment: Works fine for me: derick@kossu:~$ php <?php $test = ' Das für $ <>'; echo trim(htmlspecialchars($test, ENT_QUOTES, "UTF-8")); ?> Das für $ &lt;&gt; derick@kossu:~$ php -v PHP 5.2.5RC2-dev (cli) (built: Oct 31 2007 11:42:16) (DEBUG) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-01-03 19:29:25] heurika at gmail dot com Description: ------------ PHP 5.2.5 cannot convert german special-chars like äöü$ with UTF-8. It worked fine on PHP 5.2.4. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $test = ' Das für $ <>'; echo trim(htmlspecialchars($test, ENT_QUOTES, "UTF-8")); ?> Expected result: ---------------- Das für $ &lt;&gt; Actual result: -------------- (empty output) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=43740&edit=1