ID: 8998 User Update by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Status: Open Bug Type: Strings related Description: htmlspecialchars() DONT convert a string/array ONCE ReEdit... Please note: $foo = "<a href="foo">..</a>"; $foo = htmlspecialchars($foo); //now $foo is "& lt;a href="foo"& gt;..& lt;/a& gt;" $foo = "<a href="foo">..</a>"; //$foo is & lt;a href="foo"& gt;..& lt;/a& gt; //although $foo is filled with a new value, $foo converts the string! Previous Comments: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2001-01-30 07:10:04] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note: $foo = "<a href="foo">..</a>"; $foo = htmlspecialchars($foo); //now $foo is "<a href="foo">..</a>" $foo = "<a href="foo">..</a>"; //$foo is <a href="foo">..</a> //although $foo is filled with a new value, $foo converts the string! //sorry, my english is too poor to explain more --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Full Bug description available at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=8998 -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]