Ok ... I take back what I said about & not working in a query string. It works just fine.
But, none of this explains why I am sometimes receiving a request with & in the query string, especially I am using '&' in the <A> link. The only way I think I can find out is by augmenting the error message I received, as described earlier. I'll report back when/if I learn anything from doing this. -- JR > -----Original Message----- > From: Ernest E Vogelsinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 12:15 PM > To: Erwin > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: & in Query String > > > At 16:54 26.11.2002, Erwin spoke out and said: > --------------------[snip]-------------------- > >> Actually, you should specify the URL with the & > >> yourself, like this: > >> > >> <a HREF="show_pic.php?pic=blah&caption=Some+Text"> > > > >Of course not...this is a HREF tag, which can use & instead of > &. & > >is for displaying purposes only, not for URL's. > > Nope. As I just learnt from this list it _is_ valid to specify a query > string using & as delimiter - it will be resolved by the browser the > same way as it is when it gets displayed. > > Actually this is the only way to create W3C-compliant query strings. > > Just check with the W3C HTML Validator: http://validator.w3.org/ > > > -- > >O Ernest E. Vogelsinger > (\) ICQ #13394035 > ^ http://www.vogelsinger.at/ > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
