Re: short text strings with apostrophes and forms

> I have an application which calls up some data from a MySQL table and > puts it into a web form for users to modify. > > One of the cells holds a text string which is put into a text input > field. However, if that text string includes an apostrophe, all text > after the apostrophe disappears. > > For example, if the test string from a database cell reads... > > Fix the managers' cars by Tuesday > > and that is saved in the variable $some_text, which is called up in a > form... > > <input type='text' name='some_variable' value='$some_text'> > > The text field on the web page will only contain... > > Fix the managers > > How can I get the text field to show the entire string? > > Many thanks, > > Jeffrey htmlentities($some_text, ENT_QUOTES) is more robust than htmlspecialchars (); David