Re: Passing string variable to HTML TITLE tag fails within Netscape but works well within IE.

Have you considering putting the <title></title> inside a <head></head> Cheers, Owen Prime http://www.noggin.com.au Dwalker wrote: > Passing string variable to HTML TITLE tag fails within Netscape but work > well within IE. > > I have a single page consisting of inventory items to be sold. When an > item is selected, it passes the product name to a DETAIL page as part of > the TITLE tag for the DETAIL page. My problem is: Netscape does not like > the SPACES between the text and refuses to display the DETAIL page. > > Initially, I thought there might be some way to parse the string and add > the ascii code for SPACE, but I wasn't sure if I was on the right track. > Does anyone have a proven solution to this problem? > > I thought the pseudo code might look something like this: > <?php > function parse_and_change(&grab_string){ > $string_holder=$grab_string; > while stepping through the characters in this $string_holder { > if character = " " (or some other representation) > replace it with something that doesn't > scare netscape or title tag > } > return $string_holder; > } > ?> > > <?php > if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS["itemname"])) { > $title = (parse_and_change($HTTP_GET_VARS["itemname"] )); > }else{ > $title="Generic Product Title"; > } > ?> > > <html> > <title><?php echo $title ?> </title> > </html> > > > > > > > > THIS E-MAIL MESSAGE AND ALL ATTACHMENTS TRANSMITTED HEREWITH ARE TRADE > SECRET AND/OR CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION INTENDED ONLY FOR THE VIEWING AND > USE OF ADDRESSEE. IF THE READER OF THIS MESSAGE IS NOT THE INTENDED > RECIPIENT, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT ANY REVIEW, USE, COMMUNICATION, > DISSEMINATION, DISTRIBUTION OR COPYING OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS > PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS COMMUNICATION IN ERROR, PLEASE > NOTIFY THE SENDER IMMEDIATELY BY TELEPHONE OR ELECTRONIC MAIL, AND DELETE > THIS MESSAGE AND > ALL COPIES AND BACKUPS THEREOF. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION.