OT? passing text variables through html forms.

Hey there Web Gurus, I'm having a little trouble with inserting getting my text into a postgres database. I'm working on a message-board program in which users must preview their messages. I'm passing the information through the preview page using hidden inputs. My problem is that single quotes (apostrophe's) aren't being excaped properly in the html. I wrote my html with single quotes, example: <? $var = "This is 'a' test"; <input type='hidden' name='name' value='$var'> ?> This comes out in the html is something like: <input type='hidden' name='name' value='This is 'a' test'> 1^ 2^ The problem is that, as far as the html is concerned, the value ends at the second quote. I know many people do similiar things, so I'm sure I'm simply missing some fairly obvious solution. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks, Travis Ruthenburg