[thelist] the ampersand & and similar entity type characters
Bob Meetin
bobm at dottedi.biz
Sun Nov 8 10:49:39 CST 2009
Just curious here. Can someone explain when/why it's compulsory to use
the entity code rather than the character itself in a document.
Commonly in validating pages, even the cryptic php strings they won't
validate unless I convert & to &, etc.
With simple page titles like "Jack & Jill" they become "Jack & Jill".
Or perhaps:
index.php?option=page&id=3 becomes index.php?option=page&id=3
It's just rather fatiguing...
-Bob
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