Re: Encoding for W3C Validation

On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 15:00 -0400, Rick Dwyer wrote: > 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 > > It is a string concatenation in PHP. But, as my last email on this thread shows, you only need to add ENT_QUOTES to your htmlentities() call and everything will work. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk