Re: OT? passing text variables through html forms.

David, Thanks a lot for your response, I really appreciate it. While this is a solution to my exact problem, it's not a solution to the whole problem. This fixes single quotes, but breaks double quotes. Is there any solution short of replacing single quotes with their html entity equivalent? Regards, Travis On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, David Newcomb wrote: > > Try: > <?php > $var = "This is 'a' test"; > echo "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"name\" > value=\"$var\">\n"; > ?> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Travis Ruthenburg <listboi@wacko.trickster.net> > To: PHP-General Mailing List <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 12:50 PM > Subject: [PHP] 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 > > > > > > -- > > 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 > > > > > -- > 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 > >