How does php handle the "&" in string?

[dmkAlex]

Some of the descriiptions in one of the table contain the ampersand
sign &. When I do a "echo $Desc" in php, it cuts off at the & and the
rest of the string is omitted.

Is there any work around?


Thanks.

 

[vacunita]

Ampersands "&" are treated like any other character when they are part of a string. PHP should not be cutting the text at the ampersand.



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[nego78]

I suppose that you use php to display html page.
Check in the source of generated page for '&'.
In html '&' you should write as '&'

 

[Olavxxx]

use htmlentities() if you are parsing content -

http://no.php.net/htmlentities

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