echo in php returns wrong value

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Hi,

what is the output of this php code?

PHP

$a="&#57";

echo $a

one of my friend wants to print "&#57"
and the output shows 9.

why such type of output happens?

Posted 26-Jun-12 2:47am

ashriv

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ashriv · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-26T03:38:00

since HTML encode of 9 is equivalent to "&#57" . thatswhy it's printing 9. for printing original text, it requires to define as &#57 then it generates correct output.

PHP

$a="&amp;#57";

echo $a

One more thing concluded from this code is to print ASCII character, use &# with their ASCII values either with PHP or any HTML enabled editor.