Re: inserting link into database

// So we have a form : <form method="post" action="<?php print $PHP_SELF; ?>"> <br><input type="text" name="string"> <br><input type="submit" name="submit"> </form> // And it creates a string $string = '<a href="http://www.yahoo.com">yahoo</a>'; // And we use htmlspecialchars on it $string = htmlspecialchars($string); // And if we print it out print $string; // It prints <a href="http://www.yahoo.com">yahoo</a> // Because it actually looks likes like this : &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.yahoo.com&quot;&gt;yahoo&lt;/a&gt; htmlspecialchars() will work! Before entering into database run htmlspecialchars on it and all will be good. Upon retrieval from database the links will not appear as links but rather, typical HTML. Regards, Philip Olson http://www.cornado.com/ On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, dean james wrote: > Hello, > > How can I insert the following String into a database from a html form. > Keep in mind that I need it to render exactly like a regular string as > shown. So someone would enter that below. Basically, I am allowing html > code. > > <a href="http://www.yahoo.com">yahoo</a> > > Basically, whenever I present this entry, it always has to look like that, > not a link underlined etc... exactly as shown with brackets and slashes > etc.... > It has to go into the database like that and retrieved and displayed like > that... I have tried "htmlentities" & "htmlspecialchars" with minimal > success (none)...ANY help is appreciated. > > Thanks, > J > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > http://explorer.msn.com > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >