# There was a problem editing text with %

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/there-was-a-problem-editing-text-with/130123>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [October 3, 2019, 12:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/there-was-a-problem-editing-text-with/130123 "2019-10-03T12:53:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![EricGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f1d935/32.png) [@EricGT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EricGT)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 1:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/there-was-a-problem-editing-text-with/130123/2 "2019-10-03T13:19:50Z")

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The `%` when used inside `href=` is an escape character to display a charater using a number value. So `%{` is not `%` followed by a number.

try changing the `%` to `%25`

See: [Pass a percent (%) sign in a url and get exact value of it using php](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17342671/pass-a-percent-sign-in-a-url-and-get-exact-value-of-it-using-php)

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