note 103486 added to function.htmlentities

htmlentities seems to have changed at some point between version 5.1.6 and 5.3.3, such that it now returns an empty string for anything containing a pound sign: $ php -v PHP 5.1.6 (cli) (built: May 22 2008 09:08:44) $ php -r "echo htmlentities('£hello', null, 'utf-8');" £hello $ $ php -v PHP 5.3.3 (cli) (built: Aug 19 2010 12:07:49) $ php -r "echo htmlentities('£hello', null, 'utf-8');" $ (Returns an empty string the second time) Just a heads up. ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 209.251.196.62 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.htmlentities.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/103486 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103486/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103486/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103486/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103486/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103486/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103486/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103486 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/103486 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php