[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #53465: PHP 8.1.: the default value of the flags parameter for htmlentities() et all needs to be explicitly set

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#53465: PHP 8.1.: the default value of the flags parameter for htmlentities() et
all needs to be explicitly set
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 Reporter:  jrf                |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  task (blessed)     |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  6.0
Component:  General            |     Version:
 Severity:  normal             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch php81  |     Focuses:  coding-standards
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Comment (by jrf):

 Replying to [comment:3 GaryJ]:
 > According to https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.htmlentities.php,
 the default for flags for PHP 8.1 was "changed from `ENT_COMPAT` to
 `ENT_QUOTES | ENT_SUBSTITUTE | ENT_HTML401`".
 >
 > I don't know what difference that `ENT_HTML401` might make (there's also
 a `ENT_HTML5` flag available as well), but might be something else to
 consider.


 The `ENT_HTML401` makes no difference as the value of that constant is
 `0`, so the "bit" value remains the same with or without.
 The `ENT_HTML401` part is not an actual change, just better documentation.

 See:
 * https://github.com/php/doc-en/pull/361#issuecomment-925931381
 * https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/7514

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