PHP Automatically replace "&" with "&"

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jonow 0 Junior Poster

14 Years Ago

I have a RSS reader on a web-page and the RSS it receives have links that contain "&" sign in them. For the page to be valid it needs to be changed to "&". I know this sounds stupid and unnecessary but I want to fix them.

Attached to this post is the PHP I use to get the RSS feed. Can someone help me modify it so i can have it change the "&" to "&"?

php

rss_no_bullet.php (2.97 KB)

<?php
$RSS_Content = array();

function RSS_Tags($item, $type)
{
		$y = array();
		$tnl = $item->getElementsByTagName("title");
		$tnl = $tnl->item(0);
		$title = $tnl->firstChild->data;

		$tnl = $item->getElementsByTagName("link");
		$tnl = $tnl->item(0);
		$link = $tnl->firstChild->data;

		$tnl = $item->getElementsByTagName("description");
		$tnl = $tnl->item(0);
		$description = $tnl->firstChild->data;

		$y["title"] = $title;
		$y["link"] = $link;
		$y["description"] = $description;
		$y["type"] = $type;
		
		return $y;
}


function RSS_Channel($channel)
{
	global $RSS_Content;

	$items = $channel->getElementsByTagName("item");
	
	// Processing channel
	
	$y = RSS_Tags($channel, 0);		// get description of channel, type 0
	array_push($RSS_Content, $y);
	
	// Processing articles
	
	foreach($items as $item)
	{
		$y = RSS_Tags($item, 1);	// get description of article, type 1
		array_push($RSS_Content, $y);
	}
}

function RSS_Retrieve($url)
{
	global $RSS_Content;

	$doc  = new DOMDocument();
	$doc->load($url);

	$channels = $doc->getElementsByTagName("channel");
	
	$RSS_Content = array();
	
	foreach($channels as $channel)
	{
		 RSS_Channel($channel);
	}
	
}


function RSS_RetrieveLinks($url)
{
	global $RSS_Content;

	$doc  = new DOMDocument();
	$doc->load($url);

	$channels = $doc->getElementsByTagName("channel");
	
	$RSS_Content = array();
	
	foreach($channels as $channel)
	{
		$items = $channel->getElementsByTagName("item");
		foreach($items as $item)
		{
			$y = RSS_Tags($item, 1);	// get description of article, type 1
			array_push($RSS_Content, $y);
		}
		 
	}

}


function RSS_Links($url, $size)
{
	global $RSS_Content;

	$page = "";

	RSS_RetrieveLinks($url);
	if($size > 0)
		$recents = array_slice($RSS_Content, 0, $size);

	foreach($recents as $article)
	{
		$type = $article["type"];
		if($type == 0) continue;
		$title = $article["title"];
		$link = $article["link"];
		$page .= "<div class='rss-title'><a target='_blank' href=\"$link\">$title</a></div>";
	}

	$page .="";

	return $page;
	
}



function RSS_Display($url, $size)
{
	global $RSS_Content;

	$opened = false;
	$page = "";

	RSS_Retrieve($url);
	if($size > 0)
		$recents = array_slice($RSS_Content, 0, $size);

	foreach($recents as $article)
	{
		$type = $article["type"];
		if($type == 0)
		{
			if($opened == true)
			{
				$page .="</ul>\r\n";
				$opened = false;
			}
			$page .="<b>";
		}
		else
		{
			if($opened == false) 
			{
				$page .= "<ul>\r\n";
				$opened = true;
			}
		}
		$title = $article["title"];
		$link = $article["link"];
		$description = $article["description"];
		$page .= "<li><a href=\"$link\">$</a>";
		if($description != false)
		{
			$page .= "<br>$description";
		}
		$page .= "</li>\r\n";			
		
		if($type==3)
		{
			$page .="</b><br />";
		}

	}

	if($opened == true)
	{	
		$page .="</ul>\r\n";
	}
	return $page."\r\n";
	
}


?>

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Latest Post 14 Years Ago Latest Post by almostbob

Will Gresham 81 Master Poster

14 Years Ago

Heard of Google :P
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=php+replace+%26+with+%26amp

Edited 14 Years Ago by Will Gresham because: n/a

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jonow 0 Junior Poster · Answer 1 · 2010-01-07T03:47:12+00:00

I barely know PHP and I don't know how to implement it.

SoftwareDev 0 Newbie Poster · Answer 2 · 2010-01-07T05:50:48+00:00

You can use PHP's str_replace.

$filtered_link=str_replace('&','&amp;',$link_string);

almostbob 866 Retired: passive income ROCKS · Answer 3 · 2010-01-07T07:34:49+00:00

almostbob 866 Retired: passive income ROCKS

14 Years Ago

urlencode();

the edited line is 108

$page .= "<div class='rss-title'><a target='_blank' href=\"$link\">$title</a></div>";
$page .= "<div class='rss-title'><a target='_blank' href=\"".urlencode($link)."\">$title</a></div>";

rss_no_bullet_mod.php (2.99 KB)

<?php
$RSS_Content = array();

function RSS_Tags($item, $type)
{
		$y = array();
		$tnl = $item->getElementsByTagName("title");
		$tnl = $tnl->item(0);
		$title = $tnl->firstChild->data;

		$tnl = $item->getElementsByTagName("link");
		$tnl = $tnl->item(0);
		$link = $tnl->firstChild->data;

		$tnl = $item->getElementsByTagName("description");
		$tnl = $tnl->item(0);
		$description = $tnl->firstChild->data;

		$y["title"] = $title;
		$y["link"] = $link;
		$y["description"] = $description;
		$y["type"] = $type;
		
		return $y;
}


function RSS_Channel($channel)
{
	global $RSS_Content;

	$items = $channel->getElementsByTagName("item");
	
	// Processing channel
	
	$y = RSS_Tags($channel, 0);		// get description of channel, type 0
	array_push($RSS_Content, $y);
	
	// Processing articles
	
	foreach($items as $item)
	{
		$y = RSS_Tags($item, 1);	// get description of article, type 1
		array_push($RSS_Content, $y);
	}
}

function RSS_Retrieve($url)
{
	global $RSS_Content;

	$doc  = new DOMDocument();
	$doc->load($url);

	$channels = $doc->getElementsByTagName("channel");
	
	$RSS_Content = array();
	
	foreach($channels as $channel)
	{
		 RSS_Channel($channel);
	}
	
}


function RSS_RetrieveLinks($url)
{
	global $RSS_Content;

	$doc  = new DOMDocument();
	$doc->load($url);

	$channels = $doc->getElementsByTagName("channel");
	
	$RSS_Content = array();
	
	foreach($channels as $channel)
	{
		$items = $channel->getElementsByTagName("item");
		foreach($items as $item)
		{
			$y = RSS_Tags($item, 1);	// get description of article, type 1
			array_push($RSS_Content, $y);
		}
		 
	}

}


function RSS_Links($url, $size)
{
	global $RSS_Content;

	$page = "";

	RSS_RetrieveLinks($url);
	if($size > 0)
		$recents = array_slice($RSS_Content, 0, $size);

	foreach($recents as $article)
	{
		$type = $article["type"];
		if($type == 0) continue;
		$title = $article["title"];
		$link = $article["link"];
		$page .= "<div class='rss-title'><a target='_blank' href=\"".urlencode($link)."\">$title</a></div>";
	}

	$page .="";

	return $page;
	
}



function RSS_Display($url, $size)
{
	global $RSS_Content;

	$opened = false;
	$page = "";

	RSS_Retrieve($url);
	if($size > 0)
		$recents = array_slice($RSS_Content, 0, $size);

	foreach($recents as $article)
	{
		$type = $article["type"];
		if($type == 0)
		{
			if($opened == true)
			{
				$page .="</ul>\r\n";
				$opened = false;
			}
			$page .="<b>";
		}
		else
		{
			if($opened == false) 
			{
				$page .= "<ul>\r\n";
				$opened = true;
			}
		}
		$title = $article["title"];
		$link = $article["link"];
		$description = $article["description"];
		$page .= "<li><a href=\"$link\">$</a>";
		if($description != false)
		{
			$page .= "<br>$description";
		}
		$page .= "</li>\r\n";			
		
		if($type==3)
		{
			$page .="</b><br />";
		}

	}

	if($opened == true)
	{	
		$page .="</ul>\r\n";
	}
	return $page."\r\n";
	
}


?>

Edited 14 Years Ago by almostbob because: can't spell

PHP Automatically replace "&" with "&amp;"

PHP Automatically replace "&" with "&"