RE: [PHP] character problem

On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Dave VanAuken wrote: > PHP is doing what it should to your form input. It automatically > performs "addslashes" to all form input so that the variables are > parsed correctly on the receiveing end. > > do a "stripslashes" to get rid of it. Yes and it's doing this via the magic_quotes_gpc setting which is currently set to 'on' within the server. Read about this setting here : http://www.php.net/manual/en/configuration.php#ini.magic-quotes-gpc As stated by Dave, you want stripslashes() before mailing and consequently, addslashes() adds them. Regards, Philip > -----Original Message----- > From: John P. Donaldson [mailto:johnpdonaldson@yahoo.com] > Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 11:42 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] character problem > > > I've created a PHP script that is called from a form > to send an email. The contents of the email is a > hidden value in the form named "info," and is > typically a paragraph of text. It works fine, > however, for some reason, the apostrophy character > always gets emailed looking like this: /' > > I've tried everything to get around this. Any ideas? > Here's my script and form: > > Form: > > <form name="form1" method="GET" > action="emailsender.php"> > <p>Email this product info to a friend</p> > <input type="text" name="email"> > <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Email Info"> > <input type="hidden" name="info" value="This is the > text that gets emailed. I'm having problems with the > apostrophe character in this text though"> > </form> > > > Script file named emailsender.php: > > <?php > print "<p>The product info has been mailed to: > <b>$email</b>"; > > $to = $email; > $sender ="info@challenger.org"; > > MAIL( > "$email", # address to send $info email to > "Product Info", # subject > "$info", # hidden form field containing text to email > "From: $sender\nX-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion()); > > ?> > > > Thanks in advance, > John > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 > a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.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 > > > > -- > 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 >