htmlspecialchars and ENT_QUOTES not working?

[Anon]

using

comments = htmlspecialchars($comments, ENT_QUOTES);

does NOT parse single quotes.... any ideas?

Thanx

[Anon]

sorry folks... I messed up my first post...

my code is actually this:

$comments = htmlspecialchars($comments, ENT_QUOTES);

so...