replace & for &

Question

I\'m trying to validate using W3C validation system and i get an error:

Line 59, Column 47: character \"&\" is the first character of a delimiter bu

Answer 1

You should only escape your data for HTML when you use it in the context of HTML.

Use htmlspecialchars() when you output your data. For example:

$title="SONY & BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT";
echo htmlspecialchars($title);

It is best practice to leave the data plain in the database, as you may want to use it in a completely different context for something else in the future. That is, don't escape your data prior to inserting into the database. Only worry about it when you output it.