avoid html escape character in php

html, html-escape-characters, php

Solution

PHP isn't converting anything.

The browser is converting `&current` to `¤t` for display purposes. If you want to see what `$call` is in the browser then you will need to wrap it with `htmlentities`, but that specifically encodes characters so that the original `$call` is displayed in the browser.

However, you should not do anything to the string `$call` before passing it to `hash_call`.

Remember, there is a big difference between a raw string and what the browser displays.

Problem

I am trying to make an api call using `PHP`. One of the parameters is currency My API call goes like ``` <?php $call=".....&currency=USD&......."; $response = hash_call("Pay", $call); ?> ``` But if I print the call, it prints out as ``` ....¤cy=USD&....... ``` I checked and found out that `&curren is for ¤` Edit: I tried urlencode, and htmlentities. While I hope to get &currency in the source, I am getting %26currency , & amp;currency respectively. I want to encode '&currency', such that the browser does not convert &curren to ¤. Thanks

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