Conditional with "&" in comaprison string fails

Question

EE 2.9.2, Structure 3.3.17 In running a conditional to compare a page title and it's Structure parent, the conditional returns false if there is "&" or any other punctuation in the string.

{if title == "{structure:top:title}}
   do something
{/if}

Simple enough? This works great if there is no punctuation or other special characters in either. i. e. if the title is "Administration & Finance" the conditional fails. If it is "Administration and Finance", it returns true. Placing & in the title works, but then other Structure tags ( breadcrumbs ) print it out verbose ( I get Administration & Finance ) . Plus I can't expect editors to remember to put code in the title.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

You appear to be missing a " in your example - putting this back might fix things. If not, Romans-8 idea of using streeng seems viable. Something like:

{if {exp:streeng encode="yes"}title{/exp:streeng} == {exp:streeng encode="yes"}{structure:top:title}{/exp:streeng}}
   do something
{/if}