° is not handle the same as &qout; html5 vs flash

Hi,

I'm hitting a slight problem with degrees symbols in my XML.

My XML is being created dynamically using PHP, and of course there are certain strings which I must sanitise with PHP before writing to the XML to ensure that the XML is valid.

I've noticed something weird with the way ° is handled... Let me explain:

In PHP I have a function which returns this:

return $hemisphere . $degrees . '° ' . $minutes . ''' . ' ' . $seconds . '"';

Which will give me something like: "S23° 20' 27.49""
This looks to me ready for the XML. So maybe I can use this in the XML without running through my escape string?
Firefox really hates the ° in the XML. So I thought I'd run the whole thing again through my escape function.
Which will give me:

"S23° 20' 27.49""

With Flash: KRPano will display this to me on my viewer as: S23° 20' 27.49" (notice that the &amp:def; turned into ° but &apos turned into ')
With HTML5 on firefox it displays as: S23° 20' 27.49"

Google chrome does the same.

I'm wondering if there is a reason for this or if it might be a bug somewhere?

In the meantime I'll put in a special case to let KRPano test for html5 in the XML

David

Zitat von DavidRowley

In the meantime I'll put in a special case to let KRPano test for html5 in the XML

Actually, I don't think this is possible, as the XML will need to include both versions, and one of those versions is not valid it seems.

mmm, I might just need to do without degrees symbols in my lat long format.

David

I should probably have tried for longer before posting...

I found the solution.

° seems like a workaround.

But I'm still wondering why ° is special.

David