Ampersand woes 2

Discussion in 'Keyword Tracker' started by wizardofx, Oct 29, 2005.

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  1. #1
    :confused:

    I posted this last year, the problem was fixed, and
    now it is back

    I have a keyword with an ampersand imbedded in it,
    g&g .

    I get parsing errors when I run it through Keyword Tracker.

    In other words the keyword g&g in google returns the error:

    The request returned the following error:
    parsing error: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The reference to entity "g" must end with the ';' delimiter.

    Any ideas?

    Best regards
    wiz
     
    wizardofx, Oct 29, 2005 IP
  2. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #2
    Is g&g the full keyword being tracked?
     
    digitalpoint, Oct 30, 2005 IP
  3. wizardofx

    wizardofx Well-Known Member

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    Just g&g has the problem, yes.
     
    wizardofx, Nov 3, 2005 IP
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    #4
    Hmmm... it worked for me.. I just added keyword g&g with the URL being ggelectronics.com, and it correctly is tracking it at #1.

    I'm assuming you are using the advanced usage script? If so, what version of PHP are you running on your server that you host it on?
     
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    #5
    Have you tried to replace "&" with "&".
     
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    wizardofx Well-Known Member

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    The PHP version is PHP 4.3.11

    The crazy thing is that I have been tracking this for years
    and it just suddenly stopped working. As I mentioned
    above I had trouble last year, and then for a year
    it has been fine, now it stopped working.

    Best regards
    wiz
     
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    #7
    Can you check your phpinfo() on the server? Maybe it was recompiled recently with a different XML parser?
     
    digitalpoint, Nov 4, 2005 IP
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    wizardofx Well-Known Member

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    Sorry, too ignorant to know what you mean. Can you explain
    to a simple physicist how to do this?
     
    wizardofx, Nov 5, 2005 IP
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    #9
    Run a PHP script with nothing but: 
    <?php
phpinfo();
?>
    PHP:
    It will spew out all sorts of info about your PHP setup, including Build Date
     
    digitalpoint, Nov 6, 2005 IP