how to echo ascii encrypted text in php

Question

I am trying to echo an ascii crypted text like this:

$x = encrypt("hello there");
 echo $x;

the encrypt function returns

&#104&#101&#108&#108&#111&#32&#116&#104&#101&#114&#101

but on the screen it is printed as "hello there".

how can i print the original ascii value ?

Answer 1

You can use htmlentities() around encrypt to escape the &.

$x = htmlentities(encrypt("hello there"));
 echo $x;

Answer 2

$x = encrypt("hello there");
echo htmlentities($x);