What’s the difference between htmlentities() and htmlspecialchars()?

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Difference between htmlentities() and htmlspecialchars()htmlentitiesPHP CODE:htmlentitiesPHP CODE:&lt;?php$str = "A 'quote' is &lt;b&gt;bold&lt;/b&gt;";echo htmlentities($str);echo htmlentities($str, ENT_QUOTES);?&gt;OUTPUTA 'quote' is andlt;bandgt;boldandlt;/bandgt;A and#039;quoteand#039; is andlt;bandgt;boldandlt;/bandgt;htmlspecialcharsPHP CODE:&lt;?php$new = htmlspecialchars("&lt;a href='test'&gt;Test&lt;/a&gt;", ENT_QUOTES);echo $new; //?&gt;OUTPUTandlt;a href=and#039;testand#039;andgt;Testandlt;/aandgt;

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