By mikepetersonwi on

Running Drupal 5.3 with Clean URLs.

1. I upload (attach) a file that includes an ampersand ("&") in the filename.
2. The file is saved to disk with the ampersand preserved correctly.
3. The table view that displays a link to the file replaces the ampersand with "&amp" (without quotes).
4. Because the syntax of the link in incorrect, I get a "Page not Found"

Question: How do I preserve the correct filename and path in the table view?

Any suggestions are appreciated.

Mikep

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mooffie commented

The ampersand is actually supposed to be be escaped. But then you didn't paste the HTML so I can't say for sure. I suggest you file an issue.

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mikepetersonwi commented

Mooffie,

I'm not sure what HTML you're asking about but here a few pieces:

1. HTML of the link in the Table View is <a href="http://www.mysitename.com/files/one &amp;amp; two.pdf">Open</a>
2. HTML of the attachment when viewing the node is: 

<td><div class="form-item">
 <input type="text" maxlength="256" name="files[155][description]" id="edit-files-155-description"  size="60" value="One &amp; two.pdf" class="form-text" />
 <div class="description"><small>http://www.insurancecheatsheets.com/files/Rev &amp; Ride Program Rules_0.pdf</small></div>

</div>
</td>

Do either one of these help?

Mikep

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mooffie commented

<a href="http://www.mysitename.com/files/one &amp;amp; two.pdf">Open</a>

That's a bug. The ampersand is escaped *twice*. I had a look at 'views_upload.inc' and, indeed, it has:

l($link_text, check_url(file_create_url($data->files_filepath)))

The check_url() is redundant --most probably.

You should open an issue against Views. But search first, perhaps it's a known bug.

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mooffie commented

I opened an issue:
http://drupal.org/node/212853

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mikepetersonwi commented

I was intending to get back to this.

Thanks again,

Mikep