print HTML Escape Characters on webpage

am_amx · **Author**

hi
i want to print &copy on webpage instead of copyright symbol on first instance in the following code , but i'm getting copyright symbol twice

PHP Code:


			
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML Escape Characters</title>
</head>
<body>
 <pre> this will show copyright  &copy &copy;</pre>
</body>
</html>

Seta00 · 12-17-2010 , 10:57 Re: print HTML Escape Characters on webpage

&copy

am_amx · 12-17-2010 , 11:01 Re: print HTML Escape Characters on webpage

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seta00

&copy

thanx for reply it worked,but i was thinking there would be any thing like / in html to avoid printing it

SeToY · 12-17-2010 , 11:33 Re: print HTML Escape Characters on webpage

Code:

<?php
$str='&copy;'
$escaped_html=htmlentities($str);
?>

8088 · 12-17-2010 , 12:59 Re: print HTML Escape Characters on webpage

Quote:

Originally Posted by am_amx

thanx for reply it worked,but i was thinking there would be any thing like / in html to avoid printing it

Not sure what you're looking for, but commenting in HTML is done by using this:

HTML Code:

<!--
comment
-->

And don't forget to declare a doctype and character encoding.

fysiks · *Last edited by fysiks; 12-17-2010 at 18:01.*

Quote:

Originally Posted by am_amx

thanx for reply it worked,but i was thinking there would be any thing like / in html to avoid printing it

There is no "escape" character for HTML like you see in programming languages. Seta's solution is the solution.

In HTML it's more like encoding characters with the & and related reference. See here for common symbols.

am_amx · 12-17-2010 , 21:09 Re: print HTML Escape Characters on webpage

thanx to all for replies