Why can't I display a pound (£) symbol in HTML?

Question

I\'m trying to display the pound symbol in HTML (from PHP) but all I get is a symbol with a question mark.

The following are things that I\'ve tried.

In PHP:

Answer 1

Use £. I had the same problem and solved it using jQuery:

$(this).text('£');

• If you try this and it does not work, just change the jQuery methods,

$(this).html('£');

• This always work in all contexts...