Re: displaying var in textarea

"Ben Duffy" <duffy_ben@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:20031010152628.44545.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > > "Shawn McKenzie" <nospam@mckenzies.net> wrote in message > news:20031010152321.37202.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > > I have a var: > > $test = 'echo \'test\';'; > > > > If I display this in a textearea like so: > > echo "<textarea wrap=\"virtual\" rows=\"20\" > > style=\"width: 100%\" > > name=\"action\">\n" > > .$test > > ."</textarea>\n"; > > > > In the browser and in the HTML source I see (no slashes): > > echo 'test'; > > > > Even if I do an htmlentities($test); I see no slashes and the > single-quotes > > are not shown in the HTML source as &quot; > > > > Is this just a behavior of the textarea??? > > > > Thanks! > > -Shawn > > Shawn, > > try $test = 'echo \\'test\\';'; Apologies, try $test = 'echo \\\'test\\\';'; escaping the slash itself, and escaping the comma..