Re: [PHP] Encoding Ampersands

Exactly what I was looking for!

Thanks Josh.

--Rick

On Jul 29, 2010, at 12:33 AM, Josh Kehn wrote:

> Rick-
> 
> Give it a try!
> 
> <?php
> $test_one = "Green, Red & Blue";
> $test_two = "htm?color=blue&number=2&letter=a";
> 
> echo htmlentities($test_one); // Green, Red &amp; Blue
> echo htmlentities($test_two); // htm?color=blue&amp;number=2&amp;letter=a
> 
> ?>
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -Josh
> 
> On Jul 29, 2010, at 12:29 AM, Rick Dwyer wrote:
> 
>> So htmlentities() will work for "Green, Red & Blue"?
>> 
>> Will it work for "....htm?color=blue&number=2&letter=...."?
>> 
>> --Rick
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Jul 29, 2010, at 12:23 AM, Josh Kehn wrote:
>> 
>>> Rick-
>>> 
>>> Probably would use htmlentities() instead. You could also do str_replace("&", "&amp;");
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> -Josh
>>> 
>>> On Jul 29, 2010, at 12:18 AM, Rick Dwyer wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hello List.
>>>> 
>>>> I have variables displaying content from mysql fields.  The contents contains & like "Dogs & Cats"... so naturally the W3C validator chokes on them.
>>>> 
>>>> Is there a way to encode so they display properly on the page but the validator is OK with them?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Is the answer as simple as:
>>>> 
>>>> urlencode($myvar)
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> --Rick
>>>> 
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