What is use of htmlentities function in PHP?

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PHP | htmlentities()

The htmlentities() function is used to convert all applicable characters to HTML entities.

 
<?php

$str = '<a href="http://www.studyzone4u.com">Let's GO</a>';

echo htmlentities($str);

// output will be (source code)

&lt;a href=&quot; http://www.studyzone4u.com &quot;&gt;Let's GO&lt;/a&gt;

?>