Re: Silly Question

I usually do value="<? echo addslashes($var); ?>" --Joe On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 05:09:19PM -0000, Gareth Davies wrote: > Hi folks, > > It's been a really long day and my head's turned to mush on a simple issue. I'm > creating an entry/edit form (i.e. input type=text) and want the user to be able to include both > apostrophes (') and quotes (") in their entered text without a problem. Problem is when I > try to place the entered value into the input field for editing using the apostrophe or quote - > value='$from_db' (so as to allow the user the ability to use spaces in their entry). > Whichever deliminator I use prohibits the use of that character for obvious reasons. I have tried > using the wierd apostrophe to the left of the 1 key (`), but that doesn't work with Netscape > unfortunately. I've also tried various string functions like addslashes/stripslashes, > htmlspecialchars, etc. but none of them are giving me what I want. > > I'm sure there's a really simple answer to this, but can't think what it is. > > Thanks in anticipation, guys. > > Gareth Davies > Progressive Business Services Ltd > > +44 (0) 1274 889592 Office > +44 (0) 1274 889656 Fax > +44 (0) 7970 733851 Mobile (24 Hour) --- Joe Stump PHP Programmer www.Care2.com