translating special characters when storing to a database
| From: | DonPro | Date: | Fri, 18 Oct 2002 18:33:42 +0000 |
| Subject: | translating special characters when storing to a database | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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Hi,
I have a variable called '$myvar' containing the text:
"this & that"
I store it into a MySQL table using stripslashes($myvar).
When I later retrieve the field, it looks like:
"this & that"
How can I keep it in it's original form when storing it?
Thanks,
Don