note 93471 added to function.htmlentities

Hi i have test several times echo htmlentities('<script>alert("html entities is not working");</script>'); and output always be <script>alert("asdfasdf");</script> instead of &lt;script&gt;alert("html entities is not working");&lt;/script&gt; or if you do like this echo htmlentities('<html><head></head><body></body></html>'); and output will be <html><head></head><body></body></html> can anyone tell me why htmlentities does not convert the tag or can anyone tell me to how to get output like &lt;script&gt;alert("html entities is not working");&lt;/script&gt; waiting for good solution best regards vikal ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 110.44.113.254 (proxied: 202.51.72.73) ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.htmlentities.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/93471 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/93471/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/93471/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/93471/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/93471/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/93471/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/93471/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/93471 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/93471 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php