Raw filter still converting & to & in the source

Question

I'm trying to use the raw filter on Twig, but it's still converting & to & in the source.

so it's outputting ’ instead of ’

{% if entry.title|last == "s" %}
    {% set pluralLocationName  = entry.title ~ "’"  %}
{% else %}
    {% set pluralLocationName  = entry.title ~ "’"  ~ "s" %}
{% endif %}

{% if entry.title|last == "s" %}
    {% set pluralLocationName  = entry.title ~ ("&"|raw) ~ "rsquo;" %}
{% else %}
    {% set pluralLocationName  = entry.title ~ ("&"|raw) ~ "rsquo;" ~ "s" %}
{% endif %}

edit: realizing i should have said "possessive" instead of "plural" :)

Answer 1

The filter raw is meant to output content. You can't store content marked as safe in a variable. This mean you need to add raw to your output, not the input

{% if entry.title|last == "s" %}
    {% set pluralLocationName  = entry.title ~ "’"  %}
{% else %}
    {% set pluralLocationName  = entry.title ~ "’"  ~ "s" %}
{% endif %}

{{ pluralLocationName | raw }}

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Same thing applies when you print the variable directly, instead of storing it in a variable. There you would need to wrap the full string in parentheses in order to make this work.

The reason is the that filter will be executed first, thus marking &ruqou; as safe, but as soon as you concat the string, it will be marked as unsafe content again.

{% if entry.title|last == "s" %}
    {{ (entry.title ~ "’")|raw  }}
{% else %}
    {{ (entry.title ~ "’"  ~ "s")|raw }}
{% endif %}

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sidenote You may want to make your snippet shorter like this

{% set pluralLocationName  = entry.title ~ "’"  ~ (entry.title|last != 's' ? 's') %}
{{ pluralLocationName | raw }}

demo