All this aside what about using the ASCII value of the & symbol. (I
think its ASCII).
You know how sometimes links with spaces in them are %20 instead of the
actual space? I'm not sure what it is but I am pretty sure there is a
%something for and ampersand symbol.
That may work....if its not already been suggested.
-Matt
On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 17:03, Chris Shiflett wrote:
> --- Nathan Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > This problem should be handled by modifying the php.ini. In my
> > experience W3C is a whiney bitch that always gets it's way. Just
> > throw this code on all your pages (or better yet, in a header) and
> > the problem will go away.
> >
> > // The communists at W3C don't like the ampersand, so let's make
> > sure it isn't used.
> > ini_set('arg_separator.output', '&');
>
> I'm sorry, but that's about the most foolish post I've seen on this list, and
> I've been around a long time. If you're going to ridicule a standards body like
> the W3C, you should at least have some sort of valid reason, and even then a
> little tact doesn't hurt. In addition, trying to throw in prejudice and
> politics just makes things worse.
>
> The arg_separator.output directive won't fix his problem. That just makes it so
> that you can override PHP's default separator of & when it builds a URL for
> whatever reason (trasparent session ID propogation, for example). His question
> was regarding the fact that he had changed his own code to use & instead of
> &. And, of course there is the fact that an HTTP header can't be used to set
> php.ini directives, so that recommendation does no good.
>
> Chris
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