[RESOLVED] How to write php code to print & # 3 8 ; (without the gaps) and not ?

kotitihaere

Hi all 🙂

I am new to php and trying to write a script that automatically builds a sitemap.

It is all working fine except for the bit in the string that instead of printing & # 3 8 ; (without the gaps) it is changing that to ? which is what & # 3 8 ; (without the gaps) translates to.

How do I write the code so that & # 3 8 ; (without the gaps) will be printed?

Here is the code line

echo "- http://www.mysite.com/my_file.php?cPath=$catid3& # 3 8 ;  (without the gaps) products_id=$prodid3" ;

which should return something like

my_file.php?cPath=33& # 3 8 ; (without the gaps)products_id=33

I had to put & # 3 8 ; (without the gaps) as even in this forum it was changing it to ?

Any help or pointing in the right direction would be most appreciated! 😃

dagon

it's not the php it's the browser interpreting it as an ecdoded char, try

"& a m p ;" (no spaces) for the &

Piranha

Also take a look at [man]htmlentities[/man] and [man]htmlspecialchars[/man], it could help you out.

scrupul0us

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kotitihaere

Thanks for all your help and guidence - htmlspecialchars solved it! 😃

Also thanx scrupul0us for letting me know about the resolve link 😃

and yes Piranha I can be bothered to try things which is why I said Any help or pointing in the right direction would be most appreciated - which is what you did and is much appreciated! 😃

Piranha

kotitihaere wrote:
and yes Piranha I can be bothered to try things which is why I said Any help or pointing in the right direction would be most appreciated - which is what you did and is much appreciated! 😃

Nice that someone looks at the sig and follow it. It is a pleasure to help someone that show that they want help to help themselfes and not that someone else should do it for them. 🙂