Re: Error 127

you know i did this last week and can't remember the functions is used. i had exactly the same problem but had to dump the records as plain text files. i used get_html_translation_table . if you look at the example in the compiled html help file for php there is a section of code that uses this function and then array_flip to get the converted chars back into their original symbols. Steve "John Pickett" <xtremist@xmission.com> wrote in message news:001f01c11064$d3fc8400$4c6146a6@notebook... > Howdy ;-) > > I have a problem when trying to display data in HTML from a MySQL query. > Here's what happens: > > 1) I convert the text entered using htmlentities (). I then insert it into > the database table. If I do a query from a terminal on the data it looks > fine. > > 2) When I do a select query on the data and then echo () it into a HTML > page, all of the ' characters are preceded by an escape character \. I > don't want this to happen... > > A few questions... First, would replacing the ' and " characters with their > HTML equiv pose problems when using them in say an img tag? I mean, does > HTML expect the actual ' and " characters instead of &quot; or whatever it > is? If it doesn't matter, I can just convert everything to HTML. > > My other question requires explanation of what I'm doing... I'm trying to > make it so my client can add their own news updates. Really simple stuff. > However, sometimes I'll want to add news items for them that include some > HTML (like an email link or whatever). However, the < and > characters are > being converted to &lt; and &gt; Will this actually work? Or do I need the > < and >? If so, how can I convert everything BUT actual HTML tags...? I'm > not far enough along yet where I can test this stuff myself, sorry :-/ > > Thanx! > > My 2 ¢ > John Pickett > http://www.bvstudios.com/ > Co-Author: Inside Dreamweaver 4 > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735710848/xtremist >