Re: I think this is a bug

That was fast.

I have to think about your suggestion because using hidden fields changes
them from GET to POST so I then will have to reprogram everything to use
$_REQUEST in php instead of $_GET and $_POST

Any response to this I'll read it later it's 2:22 my time.

Thanks again.

On 6/8/06, Anthony Ettinger <aettinger@sdsualumni.org> wrote:
>
> don't pass parameters in the action, pass them as hidden fields.
>
>
>
> On 6/7/06, Carlos Alberto Pérez Muñoz <carlos.a.perez.m@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks for the tip but I already knew that, my problem was a
> > missunderstanding of the part with the ? in my coding.
> >
> > I have another question:
> > If I use this code:
> > <form name='myForm'
> > action='../SpecialFeatures/ContactForm.php?Debug=Off&End=End'
> > onSubmit='return CheckData( this.form )' method='post'>
> > and do the validation I get this response back:
> >  Below are the results of attempting to parse this document with an SGML
> > parser.
> >    1. Warning Line 123 column 76: cannot generate system identifier for
> > general entity "End".
> >       ...alFeatures/ContactForm.php?Debug=Off&End=End'
> > onSubmit='return CheckData( thi
> >       An entity reference was found in the document, but there is no
> > reference by that name defined. Often this is caused by misspelling the
> > reference name, unencoded ampersands, or by leaving off the trailing
> > semicolon (;). The most common cause of this error is unencoded
> ampersands
> > in URLs as described by the WDG in "Ampersands in URLs".
> >       Entity references start with an ampersand (&) and end with a
> semicolon
> > (;). If you want to use a literal ampersand in your document you must
> encode
> > it as "&amp;" (even inside URLs!). Be careful to end entity references
> with
> > a semicolon or your entity reference may get interpreted in connection
> with
> > the following text. Also keep in mind that named entity references are
> > case-sensitive; &Aelig; and &aelig; are different characters.
> >       If this error appears in some markup generated by PHP's session
> > handling code, this article has explanations and solutions to your
> problem.
> >       Note that in most documents, errors related to entity references
> will
> > trigger up to 5 separate messages from the Validator. Usually these will
> all
> > disappear when the original problem is fixed.
> >    2. Error Line 123 column 76: general entity "End" not defined and no
> > default entity.
> >       ...alFeatures/ContactForm.php?Debug=Off&End=End'
> > onSubmit='return CheckData( thi
> >       This is usually a cascading error caused by a an undefined entity
> > reference or use of an unencoded ampersand (&) in an URL or body text.
> See
> > the previous message for further details.
> >    3. Error Line 123 column 79: reference to entity "End" for which no
> > system identifier could be generated.
> >       ...eatures/ContactForm.php?Debug=Off&End=End'
> > onSubmit='return CheckData( this.f
> >       This is usually a cascading error caused by a an undefined entity
> > reference or use of an unencoded ampersand (&) in an URL or body text.
> See
> > the previous message for further details.
> >    4. Info Line 123 column 75: entity was defined here.
> >       ...ialFeatures/ContactForm.php?Debug=Off&End=End'
> > onSubmit='return CheckData( th
> >
> > WHY IS THAT? If the code I use to send the validation is:
> >
> http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://carlosccna.no-ip.org/SpecialFeatures/ContactForm.php&Debug=Off&End=End
> > .
> > with the simbol & IN IT has no errors Why is it an error when I use the
> &
> > symbol in my code to send the data in the submit option?
> >
> > I already fix the page and changes the & to &amp; and it works a passes
> the
> > validation.
> >
> > My question arises because I have been programming for 5 years and NOW
> is
> > when I find that the & sign should not be used even though it gives no
> > errors in the inter program communication.
> >
> > By the way the page now validates without errors.
> >
> > Thanks again for your patience with this newbe in W3C standards.
> >
> >
> > On 6/8/06, Anthony Ettinger <aettinger@sdsualumni.org > wrote:
> > >
> > > http://sislands.com/coin70/week6/encoder.htm
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 6/7/06, Carlos Alberto Pérez Muñoz <carlos.a.perez.m@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I think I got you, I'll try and let you know.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 6/8/06, Anthony Ettinger < aettinger@sdsualumni.org > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > like i said, you need to url encode the string it's erroring out
> > because there are two ?'s
> > > > >
> > > > > validate.w3c.org/?url= foo.com?a=1&b=2
> > > > >
> > > > > make sense? encode your string "foo.com?a=1&b=2 "
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 6/7/06, Carlos Alberto Pérez Muñoz < carlos.a.perez.m@gmail.com
> >
> > wrote:
> > > > > > In the test I have done, with IExplorer (yucks), I get an error
> thet
> > the
> > > > > > referer was not sent or found so I made the Javascript that
> handles
> > the page
> > > > > > sending.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > When you tell me why bother , as I stated in my initial report,
> What
> > will
> > > > > > hapen is somebody copies the given text (incomplete) into the
> > browser, sends
> > > > > > the requisition, and then my page (some of them) will NOT work?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  On 6/8/06, Anthony Ettinger <aettinger@sdsualumni.org> wrote:
> > > > > > > i'm guess you have to url encode the $ParaProg var in
> > javascript...
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > why bother with this anyway? add this to your footer if you
> want
> > to
> > > > > > > show you're w3c compliant html:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > <a href="
> > http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=referer"><img
> > > > > > > src="http://www.w3.org/Icons/valid-xhtml10 "
> > alt="Valid
> > > > > > XHTML 1.0!"
> > > > > > > height="31" width="88"></a>
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On 6/7/06, Carlos Alberto Pérez Muñoz <
> > carlos.a.perez.m@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > By the way this is my own site which I'm trying to make W3C
> > compliant.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > The uri is sent by clicking on the XHTML image within the
> page.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > this is the associated code in php:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > echo "    function ValidXHTML( ) {\n";
> > > > > > > > echo "         window.open( '
> > > > > > > > http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http:// " .
> > $_SERVER[
> > > > > > > > 'SERVER_NAME' ] . $_SERVER[ 'SCRIPT_NAME' ] . "?$ParaProg',
> > 'XHTML',
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > 'location=1,menubar=1,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,status=1,toolbar=1'
> > > > > > > > );\n";
> > > > > > > >  echo "    }\n";
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > which then translated into html becomes:
> > > > > > > > function ValidXHTML( ) {
> > > > > > > >  window.open( '
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> >
> http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://carlosccna.no-ip.org/SpecialFeatures/ContactForm.php?Debug=Off&End=End
> > > > > > ',
> > > > > > > > 'XHTML',
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > 'location=1,menubar=1,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,status=1,toolbar=1'
> > > > > > > > );
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > }
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Please notice that $ParaProg turns into Debug=Off&End=End
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I use this kind of parameters a lot in my programming to
> pass
> > data from
> > > > > > one
> > > > > > > > page to another that is why I wondered what happened to the
> > &End=End
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Waiting for your feedback.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On 6/8/06, olivier Thereaux < ot@w3.org> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > Hello Carlos,
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > On 8 Jun 2006, at 10:13, Carlos Alberto Pérez Muñoz wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://carlosccna.no-ip.org/
> > > > > > > > > >
> > SpecialFeatures/ContactForm.php?Debug=Off&End=End
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Where did you get that URI?
> > > > > > > > > If you want to validate
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > http://carlosccna..no-ip.org/SpecialFeatures/ContactForm.php
> > > > > > > > ?
> > > > > > > > > Debug=Off&End=End
> > > > > > > > > then the validation address is
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcarlosccna.no-ip.org%
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > 2FSpecialFeatures%2FContactForm.php%3FDebug%3DOff%26End%3DEnd
> > > > > > > > > (which is what you'll get when pasting the address into
> the
> > validator
> > > > > > > > > form field)
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > If you send this to the validator:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://carlosccna.no-ip.org/
> > > > > > > > >
> > SpecialFeatures/ContactForm.php?Debug=Off&End=End
> > > > > > > > > it will consider, rightfully so, the &End=End as a
> parameter
> > for the
> > > > > > > > > validator.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > > > olivier
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > > Carlos A. Pérez M.
> > > > > > > >
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> > > > > > Especializado en Php, Javascript y MySql.
> > > > > > --------------------------------------------------
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> > > > Carlos A. Pérez M.
> > > > --------------------------------------------------
> > > > Programación de Páginas Web
> > > > Especializado en Php, Javascript y MySql.
> > > > --------------------------------------------------
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> > Carlos A. Pérez M.
> > --------------------------------------------------
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> > Especializado en Php, Javascript y MySql.
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > Web Sites Programming
> > Php, Javascripts & MySql Specialized
>
>
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> Anthony Ettinger
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