htmlspecialcharacters help!

[Anon]

hi all,

i have a problem in passing characters '&'.
i use htmlspecialcharacters($subject) to pass ",',< and > and works well but it can't pass '&' sign.
for example, i need to pass the subject contains:

www.somewhere.com/discussionboard.php?subject="'<>&

and it just echoes subject="'<> (without &), which returns nothing from database.

i reeaaaally appreciate if someone can help me.

thanks.....

[Anon]

HI,

Normally the htmlSpecialchars() function will do the trick for the &. You could to use it with the second option like this:

htmlSpecialchars($string, ENT_QUOTES);

Else you could try it with a function like this:

function myHtmlSpecialchars($string) {
$string=eregi_replace('"','&quot;',$string);
$string=eregi_replace("'",''',$string);
$string=eregi_replace('<','&lt;',$string;
$string=eregi_replace('>','&gt;',$string);
$string=eregi_replace('&','&amp;',$string);

return $string;
}

Succes, grtz, Joris

[alvin]

you can try: urlencode($subject)

[marcel]

Maybe I'm wrong but I think that
you have to pass a URL-encoded string.

try someting like.
<?php
...
$subject='a string wih &';
echo 'www.somewhere.com/discussionboard.php?subject='.urlencode($subject);
...
?>

I hope this helps
PM

[Anon]

thanks guys..

much appreciate for your help!!!