Re: Passing form values with quotes, to itself

Doesn't PHP have something that will automatically do this? I can't remember, but I think you had to enable it in php.ini or when you compile. (just like to know for future reference). thx. -w -- William Fong - wfong@mookandblanchard.com Phone: 626.968.6424 x210 | Fax: 626.968.6877 Wireless #: 805.490.7732 | Wireless E-mail: 8054907732@mobile.att.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Fudge" <fudge@hostopia.com> To: <php-db@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 10:12 AM Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Passing form values with quotes, to itself : before you submit to the db, you have to escape the quotes like this: : : $Body = addslashes($Body); : all " " will show up as \" \" : and ' ' will be \' \' : : when you pull the info from the db, you'll have to use "stripslashes()" to : remove those you put in. : $Body = stripslashes($Body_from_db); : : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Faye Keesic" <fkeesic@fortfrances.com> : To: <php-db@lists.php.net> : Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 1:02 PM : Subject: [PHP-DB] Passing form values with quotes, to itself : : : > Hi there. : > : > I have a form that contains several fields w/ text info (which may or may : > not contain single and double quotes). : > : > When the user clicks Preview, the form's action is set to call itself : > ($PHP_SELF), and the info is displayed nicely so they can read it over, : and : > verify it before saving to the db. : > : > What I'm having problems with is that when the data has quotes, the text : > data cuts off. : > : > If I use: <input type="text" name="Body" value=" <?php echo $Body; ?>"> : > then double quotes are cut off. : > : > If I use: <input type="text" name="Body" value=' <?php echo $Body; ?>'> : > then single quotes are cut off. : > : > I want nothing cut off! I've tried addslashes()..still cuts off. : > : > I hope that all made sense... : > -- : > Faye : > : > : > -- : > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) : > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php : > : : : -- : PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) : To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php :