You should give more information about your original problem rather than
inquire about any workaround.
I don't understand how "passing string variable to html title tag fails
within Netscape but work well within IE".
dwalker wrote:
> Passing string variable to HTML TITLE tag fails within Netscape but work
> well within IE.
>
> I have a single page consisting of inventory items to be sold. When an
> item
> is selected, it passes the product name to a DETAIL page as part of the
> TITLE tag for the DETAIL page. My problem is: Netscape does not like the
> SPACES between the text and refuses to display the DETAIL page.
>
> Initially, I thought there might be some way to parse the string and
> add the
> ascii code for SPACE, but I wasn't sure if I was on the right track. Does
> anyone have a proven solution to this problem?
>
> I thought the pseudo code might look something like this:
> <?php
> function parse_and_change(&grab_string){
> $string_holder=$grab_string;
> while stepping through the characters in this $string_holder {
> if character = " " (or some other representation)
> replace it with something that doesn't
> scare netscape or title tag
> }
> return $string_holder;
> }
> ?>
>
> <?php
> if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS["itemname"])) {
> $title = (parse_and_change($HTTP_GET_VARS["itemname"] ));
> }else{
> $title="Generic Product Title";
> }
> ?>
>
> <html>
> <title><?php echo $title ?> </title>
> </html>
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