Re: HTMLENTITES(); & the pound sign
| From: | Mike Mannakee | Date: | Tue, 01 Jul 2003 16:04:33 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: HTMLENTITES(); & the pound sign | ||
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What does the html look like?
Mike
"Bob pilly" <bobpilly@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:20030701141605.11470.qmail@web40513.mail.yahoo.com...
> I am using PHP Version 4.3.2-RC1
>
> Can someone please clarify the htmlentities() function
> for me? I have a variable called $notes2 that is
> pulled from a database that has a pound sign in it.
> When i echo that do the screen i get the following
> output:
>
> echo $notes;
>
> output= £5,000
>
> Instead of £5,000
>
> I thought that if i did $notes=htmlentities($notes);
> or echo htmlentities($notes); then the output would be
> £5,000 but this isnt the case. Can someone see where i
> am going wrong?
>
> Thanks for anyhelp in advance!
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