Re^4: replace &

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Re^5: replace & by sandy1028 (Sexton) on Jun 04, 2009 at 08:04 UTC
`#!/usr/bin/perl; use HTML::Entities; $to_decode = "TEST&TEST;A&E&an HTML--- string - <© T +VS>"; $encoded = encode_entities($to_decode); print "Encoded data --> $encoded\n\n\n";` [download] The output is Encoded data --> TEST&TEST;A&E&an HTML--- string - <© TVS> Here all the & is replaced with &. If it is a HTML entity it should not encode the string for ex: Here it displays as   it should be only	[reply] [d/l]
Re^6: replace & by Corion (Patriarch) on Jun 04, 2009 at 08:08 UTC
I don't understand what your reply has to do with the original question of finding out whether a string is an HTML entity and my reply on how to detect whether a string is an HTML entity.	[reply]
Re^7: replace & by sandy1028 (Sexton) on Jun 04, 2009 at 08:14 UTC
For example : If the string contain $a= &foo foo When I encode it using the function encode_entities($a); The should not be encoded. So the final output after encoding should be &foo foo Now the output is &foo foo. So I wanted to check it the string is HTML entity?	[reply]
Re^8: replace & by Corion (Patriarch) on Jun 04, 2009 at 08:19 UTC
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