htmlentities

Is there a way to only change accented characters and not HTML (Example: <p> </p> <a href =””> </a> ) The syntax echo htmlentities( stripslashes(mysql_result($whats_new_result,0,"message")) ) . "\r\n"; is doing everything (as I expect). I store breaking news within the database as HTML formatted text. I am trying to see if a work around is available? Do I need to do a variety of search / replace to convert the noted characters above back after htmlentities ? (I am just starting to get use to accented letters.) Thanks a lot for your help. Ron The Verse of the Day “Encouragement from God’s Word” http://www.TheVerseOfTheDay.info