Re: Encoding for W3C Validation

On Aug 3, 2010, at 2:47 PM, Sebastian Ewert wrote: > Rick Dwyer wrote: >> Hello List. >> >> In the Alt section of the IMG tag below, the variable $myitem has a value of >> "Who's There". >> >> echo "<div class='myclass'><a href='#' >> class='color_thumb'> <img src='/itemimages/$mypic' alt='$myitem' >> width='60' .... >> >> When running through W3C validator, the line errors out because of the " ' " >> in "Who's". >> I tried: >> $myitem=(htmlentities($myitem)); >> >> But this has no affect on "Who's". >> >> What's the best way to code this portion so the apostrophe is handled correctly? >> >> >> TIA, >> >> --Rick >> >> >> >> > Use it > > > echo '<div class="myclass"><a href="#" > class="color_thumb"> <img > src="/itemimages/'.$mypic.'" alt="'.$myitem.'" > width="60" ...' Thanks Sebastian. In the above, what is the function of the period in front of $myitem? --Rick