Re: Display strings with single quotes
| From: | Tom Rogers | Date: | Thu, 20 Feb 2003 12:16:19 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Display strings with single quotes | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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Hi,
Thursday, February 20, 2003, 9:34:03 PM, you wrote:
Rec> Hi all,
Rec> Have simple but annoying issue, I want to display a string within an
Rec> input field. This string contains ' & so when it's being display the,
Rec> anything after the ' is being left out. Here is the code I'm using:
Rec> $string = str_replace("'", "''", $string);
Rec> $string = stripslashes($string);
Rec> echo "<input type=text name='value' size=20 value =
Rec> '$string'>";
Rec> Thanks
Rec> Dave
Pass the string through htmlentities(); before you echo it.
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regards,
Tom