#23961 [Opn->Bgs]: arg_separator.output default value not html compliant

ID: 23961 Updated by: derick@php.net Reported By: wallacebw at yahoo dot com -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: RedHat 8 W/Apache 2.0.40 PHP Version: 4.3.2 New Comment: blah blah blah standard blah compliant blah. As long as there are no browser NOT understanding it we're not going to change it as we have reports that some browser do NOT support the & style. (Yes, I know they are broken). If you want to be standards compliant, just change the setting. Derick Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-06-02 15:20:46] wallacebw at yahoo dot com I DID RTFM... Read my first post... Still no reason to deviate from standards as been provided. You should strive to remain standards compliant. Case and Point... Microsoft It's a simple fix... provide me with an explanation as to why this should not be corrected rather than showing me a work-around for the problem. (which as my first post shows I am already using). If there is an underlying reason for the current setting I would like no know what it is... if not than this is a bug that needs to be corrected. I am not trying to be difficult but rather point out an issue that appears to have been overlooked... Brian ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-06-02 14:28:23] derick@php.net RTFM :) http://www.php.net/manual/en/configuration.directives.php#ini.arg-separator.output ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-06-02 14:09:14] wallacebw at yahoo dot com That is a cop-out answer... If there is no reason to not to comply with the standard than you (the PHP project) should make all efforts to do so. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-06-02 13:27:39] sniper@php.net You can change it yourself very very easily.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-06-02 13:24:13] wallacebw at yahoo dot com Hello, The default value for arg_separator.output is currently '&' which although functional is incorrect acurding to w3c.org's html 4.01 specification. the correct code to use in links (according to w3c) is the html special char '&'. Is there any reason that this is not the default behavior? i.e. URL's rewritten by PHP's session url rewriter appends '&PHPSESSID=*sessionid*'... odviously *sessionid* would be the true session ID... This will fail the W3C html validator. However if you issue a ini_set("arg_seperator.output", "&"); first (thus replacing '&' with '&') php returns '&PHPSESSID=*sessionid*'. which validates fine. Again, this is not so much a functionality issue.. it's more Of a conformance issue. Thanks, Brian ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=23961&edit=1