Re: Silly Question

I know - adding a slash before your middle apostrophe will eliminate that. --Joe On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 05:48:59PM -0000, Gareth Davies wrote: > My overly long text is a bit confusing, sorry. I'm okay with displaying the > value on the screen, it's getting it back into the input field as it should > be that's the problem. > > e.g. > > <input type=text value='$var'> > > will fail if $var contains any apostrophes. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Joe Stump <joe@earth.care2.com> > To: Gareth Davies <garethdavies@frogtrade.com> > Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 5:16 PM > Subject: Re: [PHP] Silly Question > > > > I usually do value="<? echo addslashes($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 > > > > > --- Joe Stump PHP Programmer www.Care2.com