Title: special characters inside php
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# special characters inside php

 *  [dejanc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dejanc/)
 * (@dejanc)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/special-characters-inside-php/)
 * how can i add special character inside php? for example
 * wp_get_archives(“type=monthly&format=custom&before=
    - <span>**«**</span>&after=
    - “)
    - i want to add this bold text

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 *  Thread Starter [dejanc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dejanc/)
 * (@dejanc)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/special-characters-inside-php/#post-695129)
 * `?php wp_get_archives("type=monthly&format=custom&before=<li><span>&laquo;</span
   >&after=</li>"); ?>`
 * i mean this so i want this to show `&laquo;`
 *  [mkormendy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mkormendy/)
 * (@mkormendy)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/special-characters-inside-php/#post-695385)
 * This can be done by formatting the code like this:
 *     ```
       <?php
   
       $archive_defaults = array(
       'type' => 'monthly',
       'limit' => ,
       'format' => 'custom',
       'before' => '<li><span>&laquo;</span>',
       'after' => '</li>',
       'show_post_count' => false);
   
       wp_get_archives($archive_defaults);
   
       ?>
       ```
   
 *  [mkormendy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mkormendy/)
 * (@mkormendy)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/special-characters-inside-php/#post-695386)
 * I just wish they had before & after options for wp_list_pages.

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 * [special character](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/special-character/)

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 * Last activity: [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/special-characters-inside-php/#post-695386)
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