Re: Encoding Ampersands

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("&", > "&"); > > 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 >> >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >