title: PHP Insert '&' / and text symbol in a string
body: <p>I am trying to insert the <code>&amp;</code> symbol in my PHP code but instead its being converted into ASCII <code>&amp;amp;</code>.</p>
  
  <p>Below is my code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$symbolAnd= '&amp;';
  echo $symbolAnd;
  foreach ($clientLists as $clientList =&gt;$clientValue){
      //Get values
      echo  $clientList .' - '.$clientValue['client-pass'] . '&lt;br/&gt;';
  
      include('index.php?client='.$clientList.$symbolAnd.'pass='.$clientValue['client-pass']);
  }//foreach ($clientLists as $clientList){
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am getting this error in my <code>error_log</code>;</p>
  
  <p><code>PHP Warning:  include() [&lt;a href='function.include'&gt;function.include&lt;/a&gt;]: Failed opening 'index.php?client=john-jones&amp;amp;pass=123456' for inclusion</code></p>