Ampersand in the meta_value string used in query_posts

  • I am fairly new to wordpress and am setting up a query for all the posts in a category with a particular meta_value. The query works well, as long as there isn’t an “&” in the meta_value string.

    In this case the value of $metastr is “Green & Black’s”, which returns 0 results. I checked and the apostrophe is not the issue, the ampersand seems to be the issue.

    <?php query_posts(‘&meta_key=Brand&meta_value=’.$metastr.’&orderby=title&order=ASC&cat=’.$current_cat); if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

    How can I run this query when the meta_value can contain ampersands?

    Thank you in advance for your help!
    -Lindsey

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  • Have you tried encoding $metastr? In other words, querying on Green & amp; Blacks (without the space between & and amp;? Maybe something like $metastr = esc_html( $metastr ); might work…

    My solucion, use ′, not ‘

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