PHP convert string to htmlentities

Question

How can I convert the code inside the and

 tags to html entities ?


 
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Answer 1

PHP

if(preg_match_all('#\<(code|pre) class\=\"php\"\>(.*?)\#is', $html, $code)){
    unset($code[0]);
    foreach($code as $array){
        foreach($array as $value){
            $html = str_replace($value, htmlentities($value, ENT_QUOTES), $html);
        }
    }
}

HTML

 <div> a div.. </div> 

<div> a div.. </div>


 this should be ignored 

Have you ever heard of BB code? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBCode