Re: [PHP] Encoding for W3C Validation

On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 15:00 -0400, Rick Dwyer wrote:

> On Aug 3, 2010, at 2:47 PM, Sebastian Ewert wrote:
> 
> > Rick Dwyer wrote:
> >> Hello List.
> >> 
> >> In the Alt section of the IMG tag below, the variable $myitem has a value of "Who's There".
> >> 
> >> echo "<div class='myclass'><a href='#' class='color_thumb'> <img src='/itemimages/$mypic' alt='$myitem' width='60' ....
> >> 
> >> When running through W3C validator, the line errors out because of the " ' " in "Who's".
> >> I tried:
> >> $myitem=(htmlentities($myitem));
> >> 
> >> But this has no affect on "Who's".
> >> 
> >> What's the best way to code this portion so the apostrophe is handled correctly?
> >> 
> >> 
> >> TIA,
> >> 
> >> --Rick
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> > Use it
> > 
> > 
> > echo '<div class="myclass"><a href="#" class="color_thumb"> <img
> > src="/itemimages/'.$mypic.'" alt="'.$myitem.'" width="60" ...'
> 
> 
> Thanks Sebastian.
> 
> In the above, what is the function of the period in front of $myitem?
> 
> --Rick
> 
> 


It is a string concatenation in PHP. But, as my last email on this
thread shows, you only need to add ENT_QUOTES to your htmlentities()
call and everything will work.

Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk