Bug #67652 [Nab]: htmlentities() return empty string when accented chars are inside the string

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67652&edit=1 ID: 67652 Updated by: yohgaki@php.net Reported by: andrelisci at gmail dot com Summary: htmlentities() return empty string when accented chars are inside the string Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: *General Issues Operating System: Linux gentoo PHP Version: 5.5.14 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Tip: You must validate all input encoding to build secure apps. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-07-18 23:57:32] yohgaki@php.net You must use correct encoding. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-07-18 16:28:07] andrelisci at gmail dot com Adding optional params 'quote_style' and 'charset' solves the problem print "-->".htmlentities("test ì",ENT_COMPAT,"ISO-8859-1")."<--\n"; will output -->test &igrave;<-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-07-18 15:57:12] andrelisci at gmail dot com Description: ------------ when accented characters are found inside a string, htmlentities return empty string this doesn't happen on php old versions Test script: --------------- <?php print "-->".htmlentities("test ì")."<--\n"; print "-->".htmlentities("test à")."<--\n"; print "-->".htmlentities("test ò")."<--\n"; print "-->".htmlentities("test ù")."<--\n"; print "-->".htmlentities("test è")."<--\n"; print "-->".htmlentities("test é")."<--\n"; ?> Expected result: ---------------- -->test &igrave;<-- -->test &agrave;<-- -->test &ograve;<-- -->test &ugrave;<-- -->test &egrave;<-- -->test &eacute;<-- Actual result: -------------- --><-- --><-- --><-- --><-- --><-- --><-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67652&edit=1