Re: note 84801 rejected and deleted from function.html-entity-decode by notes editor danbrown

I am not reporting a bug, nor I intended too, i was sharing the fact that this function wild behavior makes it useless and potentially makes people waste time trying to use it when it is better to avoid. My first try was to read the online doc for the function, to see if someone else reported some sort of weirdness on it. As I did not find anything I kept trying to use it, and it proven to be the wrong path. By sharing my problem I want people to not waste time like me, that is the way things happens in the real world. You would be making a whole difference if you add some more examples to this function online docs instead of refusing comments from people that actually uses it. Or this function is useless or the online documentation is completely wrong. 2008/7/30 <php-notes@lists.php.net> > You are receiving this email because your note posted > to the online PHP manual has been removed by one of the editors. > > Read the following paragraphs carefully, because they contain > pointers to resources better suited for requesting support or > reporting bugs, none of which are to be included in manual notes > because there are mechanisms and groups in place to deal with > those issues. > > The user contributed notes are not an appropriate place to > ask questions, report bugs or suggest new features; please > use the resources listed on <http://php.net/support> > for those purposes. This was clearly stated in the page > you used to submit your note, please carefully re-read > those instructions before submitting future contributions. > > Bug submissions and feature requests should be entered at > <http://bugs.php.net/>. For documentation errors use the > bug system, and classify the bug as "Documentation problem". > Support and ways to find answers to your questions can be found > at <http://php.net/support>. > > Your note has been removed from the online manual. > > ----- Copy of your note below ----- > > I am getting random results on strings (urls) containing & (& amp ;) - > sometimes it is translated back to &, sometimes it remains coded... wasted 2 > hours on this crap. > Running php 5.2.4 on an IIS 6, windows server 2003. >