Fwd: [PHP] XHTML Validation problem
[email protected] (Simon Welsh)
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Forgot to reply all Begin forwarded message: > From: Simon Welsh <[email protected]> > Date: 3 May 2008 4:18:04 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PHP] XHTML Validation problem > > > On 3/05/2008, at 4:13, It Maq wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have a page that displays data entered by the user. There is one >> user that entered the character "&" inside the text he typed. For >> this case the xhtml validation fails and gives me the following >> error: >> "character "&" is the first character of a delimiter but occurred >> as data." >> >> I'm wondering if there is a way to avoid this error. The page >> itself is valid and fails just in the case the user enters the & >> character. >> >> Thank you >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________________________________ >> Be a better friend, newshound, and >> know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ >> >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> > > > > Pass the input through htmlspecialchars(). > --- > Simon Welsh > Admin of http://simon.geek.nz/ > > Who said Microsoft never created a bug-free program? The blue screen > never, ever crashes! > > http://www.thinkgeek.com/brain/gimme.cgi?wid=81d520e5e > > > > --- Simon Welsh Admin of http://simon.geek.nz/ Who said Microsoft never created a bug-free program? The blue screen never, ever crashes! http://www.thinkgeek.com/brain/gimme.cgi?wid=81d520e5e