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Author Character Entity References
ft310

2008-03-31, 4:47 am

We had a consultant write some PHP software for us which in most
respects is working, but we have one issue we are having trouble
comprehending.

If the following company name "Jones & Jones" were entered into this
software, it appears in our database as {Jones & Jones} (brackets
mine).

How do we characterize this and what is {&} called.

Thanks

Frank
Jerry Stuckle

2008-03-31, 4:47 am

ft310 wrote:
> We had a consultant write some PHP software for us which in most
> respects is working, but we have one issue we are having trouble
> comprehending.
>
> If the following company name "Jones & Jones" were entered into this
> software, it appears in our database as {Jones & Jones} (brackets
> mine).
>
> How do we characterize this and what is {&} called.
>
> Thanks
>
> Frank
>


An HTML entity?

Also - you had a lousy consultant. Get your money back.


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John Dunlop

2008-03-31, 8:31 am

ft310:

> what is {&} called.


Given that the Subject is "Character Entity References", I assume you
are asking for the name of the character that & references:
ampersand.

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