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HTML mailto subject with '&'

I need set subject to '&' sign from client side html. I have following code,

<a href="mailto:no-one@snai1mai1.com?subject=free chocolate&Body=get free hurry.">example</a>

i need to set email subject : free chocolate & cake

how to do this ?

Solution

  • You need to URL-encode the text; so it becomes:

    <a href="mailto:no-one@snai1mai1.com?subject=free chocolate %26 cake&Body=get free hurry.">example
</a>

    %26 is the Url-encoded representation of &