Re: validator problem: bogus "entity" in URL from Tim Jackson on 2004-05-08 (www-validator@w3.org from May 2004)

From: Tim Jackson <lists@timj.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 15:54:04 +0100
To: Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com>
Cc: www-validator@w3.org
Message-ID: <E1BMTDI-0002q4-QE@virt1.clust1.firecluster.net>

Hi Charles, on Sat, 8 May 2004 08:16:52 -0600 you wrote:

> ...inuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5954&mode=thread&order=0" >Solitaire:
>                                         ^
> The ampersand about which the validator is complaining is in a URL,
> not part of a character entity.

Being part of a URL doesn't mean you don't have to escape the ampersands.
You need to replace them with &amp;. For example:

...article.php?sid=5954&amp;mode=thread&amp;order=0


Tim

Received on Saturday, 8 May 2004 10:56:40 UTC