Passing an "&" in the querystring

barcsdad

When I try to pass the value "Tool & Die" through a querystring, it keeps getting cut off after "Tool". I've tried using htmlspecialchars() and eregi_replace, with no luck. Any suggestions? I know this one should be easy! Thanks.

Marty

DigitalExpl0it

<?
$string = eregi_replace("&", "#038", $string);
?>

try that

were it says #038 add a ; at then end, and a & infront I cant post it here or it will show a &, thats the anscii number for &

if that still doesnt work then try this

<?
$string = eregi_replace("&", "#038", $string);
?>

then in the next page id do another replace with

<?
$string = eregi_replace("#038", "&", $string);
?>

barcsdad

Oops! It is "#38", not "#038". That didn't seem to work either. Actually, the only way I've been able to get it to work is to replace the "&" with "and", then convert it back. Weird.

choppsta

This might be easier...

When passing any text via a querystring I use:

$text = urlencode($text);

This will sort out all those odd characters and spaces, etc.

And you don't have to do anything with it on the other end, it will automatically be decoded for you.

barcsdad

It turns out that my problem is due to the querystring being passed to a popup window. I did a test of passing a value with an "&" and displaying it on a page in a popup window, and then on the same page only not as a popup. Displaying on the normally linked page works fine. However, via the popup, no dice. Any clues?

tryangle

<?
$string = eregi_replace("&", "&#038;", $string);
?>