https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/validating-using-query-string Gravity Support Forums Topic: Validating using Query String en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 07:43:32 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/validating-using-query-string#post-29570 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 14:55:12 +0000 rsigg 29570@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Are you using this dynamically populate a field via the query string?<br /> I'm using mine to populate a hidden field, and nothing shows if I encode the ampersand. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/validating-using-query-string#post-29562 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 05:13:52 +0000 Hiranthi 29562@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I am using '&amp; amp;' (without the space inbetween ofcourse) in the pre-populate URLs without issues. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/validating-using-query-string#post-29554 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 17:51:51 +0000 rsigg 29554@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I understand that my site isn't broken and that validation is a guideline.</p> <p>However, I find it very strange that if I pass my form an encoded URL it will parse a string like "Test+String" correctly as "Test String" but will not decode an encoded ampersand. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/validating-using-query-string#post-28989 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:54:56 +0000 Carl Hancock 28989@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>What settings and version are you using for W3C validation? XHTML Strict? XHTML Transitional? HTML 5? There are a variety and each different.</p> <p>Also, any validation isn't a strict rule, it's a guideline. Your site isn't broken if it doesn't validate. All browsers are going to handle that URL just fine. It's not going to pose a technical issue or a user issue if that page doesn't validate because of the URL. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/validating-using-query-string#post-28965 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:49:04 +0000 rsigg 28965@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Sorry, I meant up there that:<br /> I replace '&amp;line' with the 'entityline' (this box won't let me put the entity for &amp;, even if I put it in backticks. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/validating-using-query-string#post-28632 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:42:22 +0000 rsigg 28632@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hello,<br /> I am getting errors on the W3C validator for not encoding my entire query string.</p> <p>Here's an example of my url and the errors:<br /> <a href="http://mydomain.com/request-information/?itin=Small+Ship+Cruise&amp;line=Cruise+Line" rel="nofollow">http://mydomain.com/request-information/?itin=Small+Ship+Cruise&amp;line=Cruise+Line</a></p> <p>Error: "General entity "line" not defined and no default entity. This is usually a cascading error caused by a an undefined entity reference or use of an unencoded ampersand (&amp;) in an URL or body text."<br /> As you can see in the string, I have encoded the rest of the string.<br /> However I replace '&amp;line' with '&amp;line' then the field does not dynamically populate at all. The 'itin' field still populates correctly.</p> <p>I feel like I must be doing something really stupid since I can't find any topics on the forums or the GoogleMachine...</p> <p>Help please...<br /> Thanks in advance. </p>