RE: [PHP] quotes

> -----Original Message----- > From: Lso . [mailto:lukas__scott@hotmail.com] > Sent: 25 June 2003 18:32 > > ok i see why i didnt work but i dont know why. > > can anyone tell me why this works: > > <input name="testfield" type="text" value="<? echo > htmlentities($company) > ?>"> > > but this doesn't: > > echo "<input name='company' type='text' value='". > htmlentities($company) > ."'>"; Because by default htmlentities will convert double quotes but not single ones -- if you convert the second one to use double quotes in the HTML (like the first one), it should work: echo '<input name="company" type="text" value="', htmlentities($company), '">'; Or you could use the optional 2nd parameter to htmlentities to make it convert single quotes as well -- the following is a quote from the manual page at http://www.php.net/htmlentities: > the optional second quote_style parameter lets you define what will > be done with 'single' and "double" quotes. It takes on one of three > constants with the default being ENT_COMPAT: > > Constant Name Description > ENT_COMPAT Will convert double-quotes and leave single-quotes > alone. > ENT_QUOTES Will convert both double and single quotes. > ENT_NOQUOTES Will leave both double and single quotes unconverted. Cheers! Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@lmu.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211