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[jaybo]

I am currently optimizing my oscommerce webshop metatags.
In particular the metatag description.

I added this code:

CODE

<meta name="description" content="<?php echo  $meta_description_tag; ?>">

and

$meta_description = ereg_replace('<[^>]*>', '', $product_info['products_description']);
if (strlen($meta_description) > 200){
$meta_description_tag = substr($meta_description, 0, 200) . '...';
}else {
$meta_description_tag = $meta_description;
}

It works ok, except for some pages: <URL removed > if you look closely at the description you will see because of the " in the product description closes the metatag description.

how can I avoid this?

Edited by chrishirst, 16 June 2006 - 01:21 AM.

[chrishirst]

Add " (quote marks) into the replace pattern and remove them

[jaybo]

Ok I am no expert, I copied this code out of a oscommerce contribution.

But does it need to like this?

CODE

$meta_description = ereg_replace('<[^>]*>', '', ",$product_info['products_description']);
if (strlen($meta_description) > 200){
$meta_description_tag = substr($meta_description, 0, 200) . '...';
}else {
$meta_description_tag = $meta_description;
}