Re: Encoding for W3C Validation

Ashley Sheridan wrote: > 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 $myitem? >> >> --Rick >> >> > > > It is a string concatenation in PHP. But, as my last email on this > thread shows, you only need to add ENT_QUOTES to your htmlentities() > call and everything will work. > > Thanks, > Ash > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > If you use single quotes you can't use variables inside the string. You have to combine strings and variables or two strings with a dot. echo 'foo'.$bar; http://www.php.net/manual/de/language.types.string.php I'm not shure but I think to validate xhtml you need the double quotes.