Re: HTML and slashes.

Could you enlighten me on the advantages or disadvantages and dangers of turning-on both magic_quotes_gpc and magic_quotes_runtime? Thanks, Floyd Piedad Plutarck wrote: > Check magic_quotes_runtime in your ini. If it's on, turn it off. > > Use the htmlspecialchars() family of functions. They will "hide" HTML in > that the browser will not attempt to parse. so "<B>" will be displayed as > "<B>", and not make all the text turn to bold. > > -- > Plutarck > Should be working on something... > ...but forgot what it was. > > ""Dddogbruce (@home.com)"" <ddogbruce@home.com> wrote in message > news:3ADC6095.BF5F12B2@home.com... > > > there is NO way of hiding the html from the user. > > > the browser can't output otherwise. You can only > > > try to make it difficult to get the source. > > > > I want to hide the HTML from the browser. If someone adds some malicious > > code, or even <u></u> I don't want it to underline. > > > > > Where does the " 's " problem come in? More detail plz. > > > Is it a part of a text? Then try htmlspecialchars() or > > > htmlentities(). > > > > Say I right "Hiya, my name's Owen" on the submission part of the form. > It'll > > show up as "Hiya, my name\'s Owen" on the output (which is a .txt file.) > > > > HTH, > > Owen > > > > > > -- > > 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