Re: escaped characters problem
| From: | Lez Lytollis | Date: | Mon, 19 Jun 2000 13:10:44 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: escaped characters problem | ||
| References: | 1 2 | Groups: | php.db |
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> use the functin htmlspecialchars()
>
I tried adding
$description = htmlspecialchars($description) but I now get
a value of Lez\\ in $strsql
> > example
> > ---------
> >
> > original typed entry in description field: Lez's quote test
> > echoed $description value: Lez\'s quote test
> > $strsql = "INSERT INTO news (description) VALUES ( '$description' )";
> > echoed $strsql value: Lez\
> >
> > Can anyone tell me what is going on and how I can fix it?