Ignore a href link within a function?

[Mr Chris]

Hello,

 

I have a funtion which I run on a string to convert characters to their html eqivalent like so:

 

$string = cleanInput("There's a big bad woolf"); //There& #38 ;s a big bad woolf

 

Now this works great, but say I had the string

 

$string = cleanInput("There's a big bad woolf here <a href=\"click.php\">here</a>"); 

 

That would convert the " to the html equavalent as well.  How could I get around this please and say anywhere there is a <a href> link use the cleanInput function but anywhere else in the text string do?

 

Thanks

[premiso]

You can probably use htmlentities, if you want to remove the html completely, strip_tags.

 

Unless I mis-read what you were asking.

[satya61229]

You can use htmlentities with ENT_NOQUOTES parameter. Plz check here- http://php.net/manual/en/function.htmlentities.php

[Mr Chris]

Thanks, but ENT_NOQUOTES will leave both double and single quotes unconverted.  I want double quotes unconverted which is great, but single quote I dont.