note 115831 added to function.htmlspecialchars

If you are using UTF-8 encoding with htmlspecialchars() you may experience blank values with certain language-specific characters i.e. spanish or portuguese "âãá". So instead of using <?php $utf8encoded= htmlspecialchars($string, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'); ?> try <?php $utf8encoded= utf8_encode(htmlspecialchars($string, ENT_QUOTES)); ?> ---- Server IP: 213.172.110.14 Probable Submitter: 212.16.235.178 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.htmlspecialchars.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/115831 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/115831/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/115831/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/115831/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/115831/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/115831/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/115831/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/115831 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/115831 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php