Rick, Probably Sebastian's fix might work but *htmlspecialchars* can help you, too. Regards, Shreyas On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 12:17 AM, Sebastian Ewert <seb2015@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Rick Dwyer wrote: > > Hello List. > > > > In the Alt section of the IMG tag below, the variable $myitem has a value > of "Who's There". > > > > echo "<div class='myclass'><a href='#' class='color_thumb'> <img > src='/itemimages/$mypic' alt='$myitem' width='60' .... > > > > When running through W3C validator, the line errors out because of the " > ' " in "Who's". > > I tried: > > $myitem=(htmlentities($myitem)); > > > > But this has no affect on "Who's". > > > > What's the best way to code this portion so the apostrophe is handled > correctly? > > > > > > TIA, > > > > --Rick > > > > > > > > > Use it > > > echo '<div class="myclass"><a href="#" class="color_thumb"> <img > src="/itemimages/'.$mypic.'" alt="'.$myitem.'" width="60" ...' > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Regards, Shreyas Agasthya