Re: Qoute problem

if you store the data in the MYSQL database with the slashes escaping the quotes, I think the complete stuff will get stored. for ex - if you have Description: I like to run and walk. I love "smelly cheese." and on posting, you get I like to run and walk. I love \"smelly cheese.\" it will store the complete string into the MYSQL database. and on retrieval you will get I like to run and walk. I love "smelly cheese." try it out best regards Ankur Verma HCL Technologies A1CD, Sec -16 Noida, UP India ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tanya Brethour" <brethour@ncsa.uiuc.edu> To: "Web master" <webmaster@unni.com> Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 11:47 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Qoute problem > > > Let says I strip the slashes.. so it goes back to just normal qoutes.. and > then do the str_replace("\"","|", $describe); > > $describe = stripslashes($describe); > str_replace("\"","|",$describe); > > It doesnt replace the qoutes.. > > -Tanya > > On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Web master wrote: > > > My approach towards this problem was to parse the data before inserting > > and before displaying. > > Before inserting the data entered by user, do something like > > str_replace($comments, "'","~") and do the same thing for " > > do a > > different character like | and then insert it into database. > > Do the reverse before displaying the data, it should fix your problem.. > > > > Tanya Brethour wrote: > > > > > Hi! I was hoping that someone could help me out. I am not positive if I > > > understand whats going on.. so let me try to explain. > > > > > > This is a process to modify news articles in a MySQL database. > > > > > > (From the point after picking the article to modify) > > > PHP Script #1: > > > I grab everything from the database and stick it into the HTML form > > > (textarea, text, etc). I allow the user to modify whatever they want. > > > > > > PHP Script #2: > > > This script takes the new information and displays it to the user.. it is > > > a preview of what it will look like with the changes. > > > > > > PHP Script #3: > > > Updates the news article in the database. > > > > > > Now the problem I am having.. is that the description and content fields > > > have qoutes in them. For example: > > > Description: I like to run and walk. I love "smelly cheese." > > > > > > So.. when it tries to update the database. It will only store this as the > > > description: > > > I like to run and walk. I love\\ > > > > > > I know that its because the qoutes are not being escaped correctly.. and > > > it seems as though it is escaping the escape. > > > > > > So my question is.. how can I keep my qoutes? > > > > > > Just FYI.. I am making the user enter in the description and content in > > > html. So i cant just change the qoutes to HTMLTags because it would change > > > my <P> and <a href=> etc. > > > > > > Below is an example of the code (shortened for an example): > > > > > > PHP Script #1: Editing description > > > > > > print' > > > </textarea><br> > > > Description:<br><textarea name=describe cols=40 rows=10>'; > > > echo $info["description"]; > > > print' > > > </textarea><br>'; > > > > > > PHP Script #2: (preview changes) > > > > > > <input type=hidden name=describe value="<?php print > > > $describe?>"> > > > <b>Description:</b><br> > > > <?php print $describe?> <p> > > > > > > PHP Script #3: (update database) > > > $sql = "UPDATE news SET release_date='$date', > > > title='$title', > > > description='$describe', contact='$contact', > > > content='$test', type='$type' > > > WHERE news_id=$id"; > > > $result = mysql_query($sql) > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > -Tanya > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > 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