Rails - Oct 2005 - Rails and htmlentities

hey,

i have a string, and i need the entities replaced, like '' to '
cuz i have this function and when they use '' its fucked up

normal situation
return overlib(''Vlug weg naar het voetbal.'', AUTOSTATUS,
WRAP);"

fucked up
return overlib(''GSM''s geaktiveerd (GPRS) en Pay & Go
kaarten
geregistreerd'', AUTOSTATUS, WRAP);"
==>> 3 '' instead of 2

so i want all the wierd characters converted so i dont get this problem 
anymore