Re: Apostrophe's

if it's adding "\" before the ' then you need stripslashes() at least that's my experience _________________________________________ r a n d y || s e s s e r http://www.troikawebdesign.com > From: dustinl.rm@yahoo.com ("Dustin Leggans") > Newsgroups: php.general > Date: 9 Aug 2000 07:51:25 -0700 > Subject: [PHP] Apostrophe's > > Hello... > > Using PHP and MYSQL in various database projects, I have run into the > problem of having an apostrophe -- ' -- in a value.. For example, if > someone submits "Bob's Wharehouse" as a value for the column SUPPLIER, I > have to go in and either remove the apostrophe or "double" it ('') so it is > interpreted appropriately. > I have been doing this with the following code: > $NAME = strtr($NAME, "'", "''"); > > I am wondering if there is an easier way to take care of this problem. As I > am working with bigger database projects, it's becoming a real hassle to > have to do this for every variable. Maybe there is something different I can > do in my query string writing? Any suggestions will be much appreciated. > > Thanks, > Dustin Leggans > dustinl@rocketmail.com > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > > http://im.yahoo.com > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >