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