Re: The Troubles with User Input

On 7 Jul, Mike Gifford wrote: > Hello, > > Is there an easy way to stop special characters (like ' ) from messing > up how they are displayed by PHP. Whenever someone enters in a ' in the > script it comes back with lots of slashes before it. > > This message: > http://www.openconcept.on.ca/cards/receive.php3?viewcard=276 > > Was sent with the following request: > This is a test ' This is a test > > But I got this instead: > This is a test \\ This is a test > > The entire script can be found here: > http://www.openconcept.on.ca/guide-cards.phtml > > Thanks. > > Mike addslashes() and stripslashes() can be used interactively, and also see the magic_quotes settings in your ini file. Cheers -- David Robley | WEBMASTER & Mail List Admin RESEARCH CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES | http://www.nisu.flinders.edu.au/ AusEinet | http://auseinet.flinders.edu.au/ Flinders University, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA