...of course making my addition of html_entitiy_decode to the $title On Friday, December 21, 2012 3:08:55 PM UTC-5, Devario Johnson wrote: > > For anyone that is trying to do this, > > to resolve this, I essentially created a custom helper that extended the > html helper, and then aliased it. Works like a charm. > > http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/views/helpers.html > > "scroll to aliasing" > > On Friday, December 21, 2012 3:06:29 PM UTC-5, Devario Johnson wrote: >> >> Hi Cricket, that was just an example. Not the actual code I was using. >> >> On Friday, December 21, 2012 2:43:57 PM UTC-5, cricket wrote: >>> >>> Maybe unrelated, but you don't need the single quotes around $label. >>> >>> On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Devario Johnson <devar...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > Hi bakers, >>> > >>> > so piggy backing off of this >>> > >>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/cake-php/utf$208/cake-php/ERyfps6CRyQ/oBr_ngD600kJ >>> >>> > >>> > I noticed something weird in my encoding for a cake 2.2.2 app. >>> > >>> > Basically in the database config it is set to utf-8 >>> > in the header of the default layout it is set to utf-8 with the >>> > $this->html->charset(); and in view source it comes as utf 8 >>> > at the top of bootstrap I added header('Content-Type: text/html; >>> > charset=utf-8'); as per another problem another user had which fixed >>> theirs >>> > but still no luck >>> > >>> > But here is the issue... >>> > >>> > when there are special characters being placed on the screen THEY ARE >>> FINE! >>> > when using all methods of the html helper, THEY ARE >>> FINE...EXCEPT...when I >>> > use $this->Html->link('$label', array('controller' => '#', 'action' => >>> > '#')); >>> > >>> > when using the link method ONLY special characters come out exactly as >>> they >>> > are and not encoded as how I have the screen set. Even when I take the >>> exact >>> > same thing from the $label and post it on the page it renders >>> fine...it only >>> > happens on that one method in the link helper. >>> > >>> > so I used the option modifier array(escape = false) at the end of the >>> html >>> > helper call and it worked fine, but this would mean I have to do this >>> for >>> > every link that was made on the entire application. >>> > >>> > Is there another way to do this that I am overlooking? can cake just >>> detect >>> > that the charset / encoding setting is and use that instead of having >>> to >>> > make escape false on all the links? >>> > >>> > (and without modifying the core helper, if we can help it) >>> > >>> > Thanks. >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Like Us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP >>> > Find us on Twitter http://twitter.com/CakePHP >>> > >>> > --- >>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups >>> > "CakePHP" group. >>> > To post to this group, send email to cake...@googlegroups.com. >>> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> > cake-php+u...@googlegroups.com. >>> > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en. >>> > >>> > >>> >>
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