Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #8274 Updated: PHP not w3c compliant
| From: | Anil Madhavapeddy | Date: | Sun, 17 Dec 2000 17:16:03 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #8274 Updated: PHP not w3c compliant | ||
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Quoting stas@php.net:
> ID: 8274
> Updated by: stas
> Reported By: klaasb@abrh.nl
> Old-Status: Open
> Status: Closed
> Bug Type: *Session related
> Assigned To:
> Comments:
>
> & is a variable separator in URL and as such, is a valid URL
> character.
>
Someone informed us on the dev@horde.org list that '&' is in
fact not a valid URL character.
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/appendix/notes.html
(section B.2.2)
for more information. Basically, some browsers attempt to
interpret whatever follows it as an SGML entity, and much
confusion results. It should either be '&' or ';'
--
Anil Madhavapeddy, <anil@recoil.org>