RSS problem with '+' in URL

Re: RSS problem with '+' in URL

by Phil Riding -
Number of replies: 0
Something similar is happening to me. I'm trying to add this RSS feed:
http://www.thes.co.uk/current_edition/rss.aspx?feed=news&rss=true

However, Moodle truncates this at the ampersand when submitting it to the feed validator, sending
http://www.thes.co.uk/current_edition/rss.aspx?feed=news
which doesn't validate.

If I add the &rss=true it does validate OK, and it works in my aggregator. However, when I subsequently try to add it, Moodle won't let me, presumably because it is still truncating the original address. I assume this is due to some issue with how Moodle deals with characters like the ampersand.

Any advice on getting around this welcome - or is this a bug that needs reporting?

Thanks
Phil