Re: newbie - PHP escaping trigger happy
| From: | Eric Butera | Date: | Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:51:56 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: newbie - PHP escaping trigger happy | ||
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On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 10:21 PM, Govinda <govinda@blisscode.com> wrote:
> Just a quick Q, which I know has to be in the docs somewhere, but I haven't
> come across it yet-
>
> PHP automatically escaping single and double quotes... how to turn it off?
>
> I.e.-
> in a form text input, someone inputs
> love's "influence" <grows>
>
> and on the posted page I get:
> love\'s \"influence\"
>
> WHen I wrap that with htmlspecialchars , then I get:
> love\'s \"influence\" <grows>
>
> What I want is:
> love's "influence" <grows>
>
> ...in this case anyway. Probably if I understood why PHP was escaping the
> quotes, then I likely would want that behavior in those circumstances it was
> designed for... but not now, and I don't know how to turn it off.
>
> Thanks,
> -Govinda
>
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