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Posted to apache-bugdb@apache.org by Paul Tevis <pt...@rice.edu> on 1999/07/05 20:31:48 UTC

mod_include/4696: HTML entities being mangled in

>Number:         4696
>Category:       mod_include
>Synopsis:       HTML entities being mangled in <!--#set -->
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Jul  5 11:40:01 PDT 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     ptevis@rice.edu
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3.1
>Environment:
SunOS nhse2.cs.rice.edu 5.6 Generic_105181-03 sun4m sparc SUNW,SPARCstation-5
>Description:
I'm getting wierdness out of mod_include, but maybe just because I don't
know what I'm doing. Here's my problem.

<!--#set var="SUB1" value="News&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Events" -->
<!--#echo var="SUB1" -->

The result is:
News&nbsp;& Events

Also, when I test
<!--#elif expr="${SUB1} = News&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Events" -->
I get false.

Am I using some reserved characters I don't know about? I didn't see
anything in the mod_include manual, or on the Apache bugs database.
>How-To-Repeat:
<!--#set var="SUB1" value="News&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Events" -->
<!--#echo var="SUB1" -->

The result is:
News&nbsp;& Events

Also, when I test
<!--#elif expr="${SUB1} = News&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Events" -->
I get false.

>Fix:

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