Re: Encoding Ampersands

Exactly what I was looking for! Thanks Josh. --Rick On Jul 29, 2010, at 12:33 AM, Josh Kehn wrote: > Rick- > > Give it a try! > > <?php > $test_one = "Green, Red & Blue"; > $test_two = "htm?color=blue&number=2&letter=a"; > > echo htmlentities($test_one); // Green, Red &amp; Blue > echo htmlentities($test_two); // htm?color=blue&amp;number=2&amp;letter=a > > ?> > > Regards, > > -Josh > > On Jul 29, 2010, at 12:29 AM, Rick Dwyer wrote: > >> So htmlentities() will work for "Green, Red & Blue"? >> >> Will it work for "....htm?color=blue&number=2&letter=...."? >> >> --Rick >> >> >> >> >> >> On Jul 29, 2010, at 12:23 AM, Josh Kehn wrote: >> >>> Rick- >>> >>> Probably would use htmlentities() instead. You could also do >>> str_replace("&", "&amp;"); >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> -Josh >>> >>> On Jul 29, 2010, at 12:18 AM, Rick Dwyer wrote: >>> >>>> Hello List. >>>> >>>> I have variables displaying content from mysql fields. The contents contains & >>>> like "Dogs & Cats"... so naturally the W3C validator chokes on them. >>>> >>>> Is there a way to encode so they display properly on the page but the validator is >>>> OK with them? >>>> >>>> >>>> Is the answer as simple as: >>>> >>>> urlencode($myvar) >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> --Rick >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >>>> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >