Character encoding using lang()

[eluser]rossmurphy[/eluser]
Hi all,

I am using the language helper for a multilingual site. I am finding that in my language files i have to use this:

Code:

$lang['label.category.payment'] = '<span class="bold">Tarjeta de Cr&eacute;dito y D&eacute;bito</span>';

Instead of this:

Code:

$lang['label.category.payment'] = '<span class="bold">Tarjeta de Crédito y Débito</span>';

However, if in the language line i don't used html i find that i dont have to character encode the text. But as you can see from the first example above, i have to encode the special chars.


Has anyone run into this problem?