Damn Ampersand

planetphp

Im trying to replace an ampersand but its not having it..

any ideas??

$linksubcategory = str_replace("&", "-", $subcategory);

Thanks in advance.

eriksmoen

try using the escape character:

$linksubcategory = str_replace("\&", "-", $subcategory);

hope that helps.

planetphp

I already tried that little chestnut but sadly to no avail 🙁

eriksmoen

suppose you've also tried:

$linksubcategory = eregi_replace("\&", "-", $subcategory);

planetphp

no but i just did and it still wont have it..

Its definately not a cache thing.. ive made other adjustments and they are all working..

eriksmoen

is it giving you an error, or not returning any text? if it's not returning text, try putting an error_reporting(-1) before it's printed out so it will show you the error. I just tried 3 different ones on my machine and here's what i got:

 $test = "safahj&asfhjhkasf & &&asfljhkjhasd";

 $test1 = ereg_replace("[\&]","-",$test);
 $test2 = eregi_replace("[\&]","-",$test);
 $test3 = str_replace("[\&]","-",$test);

 echo "<BR>".$test1."<BR>".$test2."<BR>".$test3;

 // RETURN VALUES:
 // safahj-asfhjhkasf - --asfljhkjhasd
 // safahj-asfhjhkasf - --asfljhkjhasd
 // safahj&asfhjhkasf & &&asfljhkjhasd

so i dunno... eregi_replace has always worked for me...

eriksmoen

by the way... are you sure your returning $linksubcategory and not $subcategory ???

planetphp

it is returning the string.

but leaving the ampersand as it is..

im trying to pass the & through a link, and then do another str_replace to change it back to perform an sql query.

ive removed spaces and replaced them with _ which works fine but the ampersand is being ignored???

eriksmoen

...so your not actually echoing it... your putting it into a query?

have you tried:

$result = mysql_query(stripslashes($linksubcategory));

sorry man... not sure i'm being much help... might help if you posted a few additional lines before and after the replace line.

planetphp

like a dumb a** it was the piece of code below this line that was overwriting the variable value created by my str_replace!!!

d'oh

:queasy: