[mapserver-users] Special characters in Mapfile?

[Gregor at HostGIS]

Jeff McKenna wrote:
> - wherever possible, avoid using special characters in the NAME and 
> GROUP parameters, because these might/will cause grief for OGC services

Yeah, that's the part what seems most problematic!

This isn't going to get what you want!
   LAYERS=parks&recreation&SRS=EPSG:4326

This might, or might not:
   LAYERS=parks%26recreation&SRS=EPSG:4326

I would wonder whether the name displayed in your app NEEDS to match the 
name of the layer. Is there a reason you can't have a checkbox to layer 
"parks_rec" which is labelled Parks & Recreation ?

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