try using the php functions urlencode and urldecode
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 8:14 AM, ashok.b <[email protected]> wrote: > bump > > On Nov 10, 11:32 am, "ashok.b" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for the reply Graham, I'm actually a newbie to cakephp, can you > > kindly give some guidance code to how to do either 1 or 2? > > > > On Nov 10, 6:30 am, Graham Weldon <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > You might need to do: > > > > > 1) URL encode your category names > > > Or > > > 2) refactor to allow category name slugs for URL access to avoid use > > > of special characters > > > > > Cheers > > > Graham > > > > > On 10/11/2009, at 11:56 AM, "ashok.b" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, I'm trying to pass values having an ampersand... like > > > >http://localhost/cake/cat/TV&Music where "TV & Music" is the > > > > category name and the /cat is actually passed to /Categories/display/ > > > > TV & Music. > > > > > > I added the following in routes.php to achieve the above: > > > > Router::connect('/cat/*', array('controller' => 'Categories', > > > > 'action' => 'display')); > > > > > > For all category names without &, this works fine. But categories > > > > having & fails. In the above example, query happens only for "TV" and > > > > not for "TV & Music". Can some one help me with this? > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CakePHP" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<cake-php%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=.
