PHP 4.0 Bug #8998 Updated: htmlspecialchars() DONT convert a string/array ONCE

ID: 8998 User Update by: lopez@pepe-lopez.com Status: Open Bug Type: Strings related Description: htmlspecialchars() DONT convert a string/array ONCE ReEdit... Please note: $foo = "<a href="foo">..</a>"; $foo = htmlspecialchars($foo); //now $foo is "& lt;a href="foo"& gt;..& lt;/a& gt;" $foo = "<a href="foo">..</a>"; //$foo is & lt;a href="foo"& gt;..& lt;/a& gt; //although $foo is filled with a new value, $foo converts the string! Previous Comments: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2001-01-30 07:10:04] lopez@pepe-lopez.com Please note: $foo = "<a href="foo">..</a>"; $foo = htmlspecialchars($foo); //now $foo is "&lt;a href="foo"&gt..&lt;/a&gt" $foo = "<a href="foo">..</a>"; //$foo is &lt;a href="foo"&gt..&lt;/a&gt; //although $foo is filled with a new value, $foo converts the string! //sorry, my english is too poor to explain more --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Full Bug description available at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=8998