problem with quotes on new post

Question

i have a little form to post:

$post_content = '"Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit..."';

$post = array( 'post_author' => 1,
               'post_title' => 'title',
               'post_content' => $post_content,
               'post_category' => $categories,
               'post_type' => 'post'
             );

but, once my post is published shows :

&;Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit…&;

please note the &;

I've tried to escape before like this:

\"Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit...\"

but still the same. Any ideas?

Answer 1

$post_content = '"Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit..."';

Try encoding special characters. See: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_entities.asp & http://php.net/manual/en/function.htmlentities.php