displaying Japanese text with new Option does not work

[anatak]

Hello I have function that generates a list op options for a select dropdown box

here is the function
I am pretty sure that the problem is situated in the new Option() function

function showKens(){
		var kenList = document.form1.ken;
		var cityList = document.form1.city;
		var kenId = kenList.options[kenList.selectedIndex].value;
		var cityName = '';
		cityList.options.length = 0;
		i = 0;
		for (y in ken_array[kenId].city){
			cityName = ken_array[kenId].city[y];
			cityList.options[i] = new Option(cityName, y);
			i++;
		}
	}

if I try to hard code a japanese city name in the new Option() function

cityList.options[i] = new Option('福岡', y);
is displayed like 福岡 
instead of 福岡

cityList.option s[i] = new Option('福岡', y);

the name is not displayed correctly because the & is changed into &

does anyone know how to make sure Javascript does not change the value of the & into &

Here is the complete function (mix of php and javascript)

function new_location_edit($city01, &$dbread, $time, $default_language)
{
	$userlang_ken="KenNameLan_".$_SESSION['userlanguage'];
	$defaultlang_ken="KenNameLan_".$default_language;
	$userlang_city="CityNameLan_".$_SESSION['userlanguage'];;
	$defaultlang_city="CityNameLan_".$default_language;;
//	echo "userlang: ".$userlang_ken;
	$TableName1 = 'ken';
	$TableName2 = 'city';
	//$Query is the query that select the list of prefecture ordered by name
	$QuerySelectKen = "SELECT $TableName1.* 
						FROM $TableName1 
						WHERE KenId <> 1
						order by $userlang_ken ASC, $defaultlang_ken ASC;";
	echo $QuerySelectKen . '<BR>';
	$Result1= $dbread->CacheGetAll($time,$QuerySelectKen);
	foreach($Result1 AS $Row1){
		if($Row1[$userlang_ken]==null){
			$kens[($Row1['KenId'])]['name'] = $Row1[$defaultlang_ken];
		}else{
			$kens[($Row1['KenId'])]['name'] = $Row1[$userlang_ken];
		}

//		$kens[($Row1['KenId'])]['name'] = $Row1['KenNameLan_1'];
		$QuerySelectCity = "SELECT $TableName2.* 
							FROM $TableName2 
							WHERE $TableName2.KenId = $Row1[KenId]
							OR $TableName2.KenId = '0'
							ORDER BY CityNameLan_1 ASC;";
//		echo $QuerySelectCity . '<BR>';
		$Result2 = $dbread->CacheGetAll($time,$QuerySelectCity);
		foreach($Result2 AS $Row2){
			if($Row2[$userlang_city]==null){
				//echo "<br />".$Row2['CityId']."null";
				$kens[($Row1['KenId'])]['city'][($Row2['CityId'])] = $Row2[$defaultlang_city];
			}else{
//				echo  "<br />".$Row2['CityId'].": ".$Row2[$userlang_city]." ".$Row2[$defaultlang_city];
				$kens[($Row1['KenId'])]['city'][($Row2['CityId'])] = $Row2[$userlang_city];
			}
		}
	}
	//get the ken and city for this user
	if($city01!=null){	
		$QuerySelectKenCity = "SELECT $TableName2.*, $TableName1.KenNameLan_1
								FROM $TableName2 
								LEFT JOIN {$TableName1} ON {$TableName2}.KenId = {$TableName1}.KenId 
								WHERE $TableName2.CityId = $city01;";
	}else{
		//echo "city = null";
		$QuerySelectKenCity = "SELECT $TableName2.*, $TableName1.*
								FROM $TableName2 
								LEFT JOIN {$TableName1} ON {$TableName2}.KenId = {$TableName1}.KenId 
								WHERE $TableName2.CityId = 1;";
	
	}
//	echo $QuerySelectKenCity;
	$Row3 = $dbread->CacheGetRow($time,$QuerySelectKenCity);
	//echo "KEN: ".$Row3['KenNameLan_1'].$Row3['KenId'];
	//echo "CITY: ".$Row3['CityNameLan_1'].$Row3['CityId'];

	print <<<LLL
	<script language="Javascript" type="text/javascript">
	<!--
	function showKens(){
		var kenList = document.form1.ken;
		var cityList = document.form1.city;
		var kenId = kenList.options[kenList.selectedIndex].value;
		var cityName = '';

		cityList.options.length = 0;

		i = 0;
		for (y in ken_array[kenId].city){
			cityName = ken_array[kenId].city[y];
			cityList.options[i] = new Option(cityName, y);
			i++;
		}
	}
	var ken_array = new Array();
LLL;
	foreach ($kens as $kenId=>$kenDetails){
		$kenName = $kenDetails['name'];
		print <<<LLL

		ken_array[$kenId] = new Array();
		ken_array[$kenId].name = '$kenName';
		ken_array[$kenId].city = new Array();
LLL;
		foreach ($kenDetails['city'] as $cityId=>$city){
			print <<<LLL

			ken_array[$kenId].city[$cityId] = '$city';
LLL;
		}
	}
	print <<<LLL

	document.write('<select name="ken" onchange="showKens()">');
LLL;
	if($Row3[$userlang_ken]==null){
		print <<<LLL
		document.write('<option value="$Row3[KenId]">$Row3[$defaultlang_ken]</option>');
LLL;
	}else{
		print <<<LLL
		document.write('<option value="$Row3[KenId]">$Row3[$userlang_ken]</option>');
LLL;
	}
	print <<<LLL
	for (var i in ken_array){
		document.write('<option value="'+i+'">'+ken_array[i].name+'</option>');
	}
	document.write('</select>');
	document.write('<input name="kenname" type="hidden" value="$Row3[KenNameLan_1]" />');
LLL;
	if($Row3[$userlang_city]==null){
		print <<<LLL
		document.write('<select name="city"><option value="$Row3[CityId]">$Row3[$defaultlang_city]</option></select>');
LLL;
	}else{
		print <<<LLL
		document.write('<select name="city"><option value="$Row3[CityId]">$Row3[$userlang_city]</option></select>');
LLL;
	}
	print <<<LLL
	document.write('<input type="hidden" name="cityname" value="$Row3[CityNameLan_1]" />');
	-->
	</script>
LLL;
}

Thank you for looking

anatak

[iam_clint]

& is the same as &

the & is the html equivilent and is used for query strings usually such as GET or POST in a form.


cityList.option s[i] = new Option('福岡', y);

is displayed like 福&am p;#23713;
instead of 福岡

in this i don't even see an & or & in your new option?