Presentation Template -- converting ampersands

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The desired output html encoding is -//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN

I need to convert all the ampersands in the html body to & amp;

What is the easiest way to do this?

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LeeCharlebois

Consider using HTML::Entities, and the encode_entities function. Read more here: http://search.cpan.org/~gaas/HTML-Parser-3.56/lib/HTML/Entities.pm

ISCBorisB

Consider using HTML::Entities, and the encode_entities function. Read more here: http://search.cpan.org/~gaas/HTML-Parser-3.56/lib/HTML/Entities.pm

That's bad idea. Encoding in this fashion will translate ALL HTML, not just "&" Symbol.
Use regex instead, $body =~ s/&(?!\S+? Smiley Wink

/&/gis;

LeeCharlebois

If you read the documentation on encode_entities, you would see that you can specify which characters to encode, from CSPAN:
[highlight][indent]
... A second argument can be given to specify which characters to consider unsafe (i.e., which to escape). The default set of characters to encode are control chars, high-bit chars, and the <, &, >, ' and " characters. But this, for example, would encode just the <, &, >, and " characters:

$encoded = encode_entities($input, '<>&"'); ...
[/indent]
[/highlight]

So Boris, RTFM. Smiley Happy

ISCBorisB

Boris, RTFM.

I should have

nipper

I should have

Bo, don't let facts get in the way of a good argument.

ISCBorisB

Bo, don't let facts get in the way of a good argument.

Hey, it happens. I did not know and was too quick to judge somebody else response. Got some taste
of my own medicine, that's healthy. (I do not use F... words in technical Forums though)

ISCBorisB

But this, for example, would encode just the <, &, >, and " characters:

$encoded = encode_entities($input, '<>&"'); ...

That's bad idea. In addition to reading manuals it sometimes helps to think as well. "&" is a tricky symbol to convert in HTML/XML.
Read HTML Manuals. Till you are at it, go search the Web too. Concentrate on so called "HTML Entities". Here is an example, try it in your browser

<html>
<body>
  Simon & Garfunlkel<br>
  papier-m&acirc;ch&eacute; &#333; &#x0BEF;<br>
  &lt;br&gt; Helps!
</body>
</html>

Now, convert it using encode_entities($input, '&') Command and see what happens. Then do it twice in a row just for fun.
What lujanik really needs is "convert all &'s unless already part of HTML Syntax"

RonaldV

TeamSite 6.1.0 SP 1

The desired output html encoding is -//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN

I need to convert all the ampersands in the html body to & amp;

What is the easiest way to do this?

Sorry, but I don't think you "need to convert all the ampersands in the html body to & amp;"

What you need/want is that any ampersands (and ', ", <, >) that CMS-USERS enter in a dcr are html-entity encoded during tpl-execution (and thus show correct in a browser).

This can be achieved by the before mentioned encode_entities( $dcr_field_value ) (http://search.cpan.org/dist/HTML-Parser/lib/HTML/Entities.pm). But once more, only encode the dcr-filed-values, do NOT encode the full html-body. ;-)

LeeCharlebois

Boris, I'm just responding to the original post:

TeamSite 6.1.0 SP 1

The desired output html encoding is -//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN

I need to convert all the ampersands in the html body to & amp;

What is the easiest way to do this?

He wanted [highlight]all the ampersands in the html body to & amp;[/highlight], and [highlight]the easiest way to do this[/highlight]. Using encode_entities IMHO acheived both of these.

In addition to reading manuals it sometimes helps to think as well.

I'll leave the thinking up to the poster.