Re: Newbie problem - Slashes

You're fault. :) Remember that quotes are used to tell the beginning and end of a string. So if you are using a " to mean the beginning of the string, then there can't be any " within the string itself. If there are any ", they need to be changed to \", which means they are escaped. magic_quotes_gpc = ON does this automatically for you when you submit values through GET, POST, or COOKIE. You can also use the addslashes() function. Your errors are all related to this issue. ---John Holmes... ----- Original Message ----- From: <kim@jumac.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 4:59 PM Subject: [PHP] Newbie problem - Slashes > > Hello all, > I'm a newbie into PHP and am facing a funny problem. > > I have a form with a textarea named address, > I am able to submit the form and enter the data into the database without any problem,but to make sure that it handles "bad" data too I tested it out with this sentance: > > When cheese gets it's picture taken, what does it say? > > then "previewed" it and the output was, (note the slash ) > > When cheese gets it\'s picture taken, what does it say? > > (even entered into the database without a problem) > > so I further tested it with: (note the " instead of the ') > > When cheese gets it"s picture taken, what does it say? > > and the output was: > When cheese gets it\"s picture taken, what does it say? > > but when I looked in the database it only showed > When cheese gets it\ > > any idea what the problem is? is it my fault or PHP's or MySql's? > > sorry if its a bit confusing, if need be I can send you all the 3 files i'm using and the table structure, kindly help. > > - Kim. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >