why does htmlentities() convert the symbol: ´ into ’? Shouldn't it convert into the html entity name: ´?

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PHP htmlentities() not working as expected

I'm confused as to why it is converted into strange characters as opposed to just ´ Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Answer 1

Use the second flags argument - http://php.net/manual/en/function.htmlentities.php, e.g.

htmlentities( $string, ENT_QUOTES | ENT_SUBSTITUTE, "UTF-8" );