Re: Dynamic DB query - form display

Hi Adrian, You can still use the text input, but you must ensure that the input is filtered first. There is a wealth of information on SQL injection and its prevention on the Internet. Try these for starters: http://shiflett.org/articles/security-corner-apr2004 http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/articles/guide-to-php-security-ch3.pdf Cheers, David Grant Adrian Bruce wrote: > > I'm aware it would be a security hole if it were available to all users, > but it's just for me at the mo, other users get a watered down version > with just check boxes. I basically want to allow flexible filtering of > a set of data but obviously this poses a few challenges, any ideas > always weclome! > > Thanks for the tip by the way, i ended up doing the following > > $field = stripslashes(htmlentities($field,ENT_QUOTES)); > > Adrian > > David Grant wrote: > >> Hi Adrian, >> >> This appears to be a security hole, but since that wasn't the reason for >> the question, please try: >> >> echo"<input type='text' value='" . htmlentities($clause, >> ENT_QUOTES) . >> "'>"; >> >> php.net/htmlentities >> >> Cheers, >> >> David Grant >> >> Adrian Bruce wrote: >> >> >>> Hi >>> >>> I am trying Dynamically creating a Query based on form input for an >>> intranet, i have a text input that allows a user to input part of a >>> where clause such as - not like '04%' - . this bit works fine but i >>> would like to display the clause back in the form field when the page >>> reloads. >>> $clause = "not like '04%'"; >>> echo"<input type='text' value='$clause'>"; >>> >>> Now obviously i hit a problem with the use of 'the quotation marks ' >>> ' and just see - not like \ - in the form field. I need to keep the ' >>> marks around the 04% for the query. Any ideas how i can do this?? >>> >>> Any help much appreciated! >>> >>> Adrian >>> >>> >> >> >>