Ampersand in variable (not a URL question)

chapterthree

Hey All,

How can I insert an ampersand into a variable? Below is what I'm trying to do:

$variable = "&nbsp;";

I tried using backslash but that didn't work.

Thanks,
Kevin

acey99

chapterthree wrote:
Hey All,

How can I insert an ampersand into a variable? Below is what I'm trying to do:
$variable = "&nbsp;";
I tried using backslash but that didn't work.

Thanks,
Kevin

you want $variable to equal & ?

use $variable="&";

chapterthree

No, I need that variable to contain that string (the HTML non-breaking space string).

ybinds

Hi,

If you are trying to display ' ' as it is then try this way.

<?
$variable=' ';
echo htmlspecialchars($variable);
?>

mmonaco

If you're having problems I think its' because of the semicolon, try escaping it
$space = "&nbsp\;";
But do you need that semicolon anyway? Isn't it required for XML, not HTML?

chapterthree

Well the echo htmlspecialchars($variable); revealed that the ampersand was actually being stored properly in the variable in the original code, but when the variable was being printed (using print) to the screen for debuging/testing, it was not displaying correctly, which lead me to believe that somethin was wrong.

Thanks for the help.