Re: [Newbie] Questions...

The Head Sage wrote:

Hey, Hey.

I've read the manual entry on preg_replace() and i've used google for help but i'm still confused as it all looks horribly complicated.. That's because of the complex things you can do with it. If you don't need regex, use str_replace() or similar.

What i want to do is when a user submits a quote for example "<@TheHeadSage> lol" i want to remove the <>'s and replace them with &lt; and &gt; so they display properly on a webpage. How would i go about this using preg_replace() or another function like it? Use htmlspecialchars() or htmlentities().

Also, my second question which ties into the whole quote thing, how do i select random rows from a MySQL database? So i can get a random quote every time the user reloads the page or a new visitor arrives. Use a query like SELECT * FROM table ORDER BY RAND().

Thanks again, You're welcome.

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