# Html special entities in mailer.php

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**Created:** [July 18, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-special-entities-in-mailer-php/329087 "2012-07-18T21:36:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-special-entities-in-mailer-php/329087/1 "2012-07-18T21:36:41Z")

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Hello,

I’ve noticed that anytime a message is submitted using a special character, the html equivalent is sent in the body instead of the actual character. Any suggestions?

Ex. " is shown as "

Other than that, the form works great!