htmlentities is not working for me

>From the php manual I copied and pasted this example:

<?php
$str = "A 'quote' is <b>bold</b>";

// Outputs: A 'quote' is &lt;b&gt;bold&lt;/b&gt;
echo htmlentities($str);

// Outputs: A 'quote' is &lt;b&gt;bold&lt;/b&gt;
echo htmlentities($str, ENT_QUOTES);
?>

However, when I run it in my browser, the output is wrong:

A 'quote' is <b>bold</b>A 'quote' is <b>bold</b>

the < is not converted to &lt (no conversion is taking place)

Is there a configuration that would disable htmlentities?
Does anyone have any idea as to what would cause htmlentities to not
work?

Thanks!
jl

re: htmlentities is not working for me

jl wrote:I figured it out. The browser was reconverting the string.

re: htmlentities is not working for me

jl wrote:Not exactly. The browser was interpreting it as the aplicable characters
instead of HTML tags, which is what it is used for.

If you want to display &lt;, you'll have to have &amp;lt; in yout code.

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Rik Wasmus

re: htmlentities is not working for me

*** jl escribió/wrote (26 Aug 2006 07:19:53 -0700):The browser is not actually altering the string. You need to use the
"View-Source code" menu.

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