RE: [PHP] Stripping single quotes

Thanks for your help everyone, I feel pretty embarrassed to have made a mistake like that! :o -----Original Message----- From: Bojan Gajic [mailto:bojan@inet.co.yu] Sent: Sunday, 29 July 2001 12:44 AM To: Matt Stone Subject: Re: [PHP] Stripping single quotes you are not assigning stripslashes($fldemail) to the $fldemail, you are maching them. use '=' instead of '= =' hth, bojan Matt Stone wrote: > Darn, it still 'aint working. Ok, let's say $fldemail contains > "o\'brian@hotmail.com" > I then run these: > $fldemail == stripslashes($fldemail); > $fldemail == ereg_replace("'","",$fldemail); > And I get "o\'brian@hotmail.com" ... damn. > > Any ideas? Thanks, > > Matt Stone > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Fry [mailto:chris@quillsoft.com.au] > Sent: Saturday, 28 July 2001 2:15 PM > To: Matt Stone > Cc: PHP list > Subject: Re: [PHP] Stripping single quotes > > Matt, > > Try ereg_replace:- > > $fldemail == ereg_replace("'","",$fldemail); > > Chris > > Matt Stone wrote: > > > Hi all, > > I am trying to validate some email addresses before they are entered into > > the database. > > The problem is, some thick or malicious people are entering single quotes > > into their email addresses. > > I need to strip out all these single quotes but a little ole' str_replace > > doesn't seem to be working. > > Here it is: > > > > $fldemail == str_replace("'","",$fldemail); > > > > Nice and basic :) > > Can anyone please enlighten me on this? > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Matt Stone > > > > -- > > 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 > > -- > > Chris Fry > Quillsoft Pty Ltd > Specialists in Secure Internet Services and E-Commerce Solutions > 10 Gray Street > Kogarah > NSW 2217 > Australia > > Phone: +61 2 9553 1691 > Fax: +61 2 9553 1692 > Mobile: 0419 414 323 > eMail: chris@quillsoft.com.au > http://www.quillsoft.com.au > > You can download our Public CA Certificate from:- > https://ca.secureanywhere.com/htdocs/cacert.crt > > ********************************************************************** > > This information contains confidential information intended only for > the use of the authorised recipient. If you are not an authorised > recipient of this e-mail, please contact Quillsoft Pty Ltd by return > e-mail. > In this case, you should not read, print, re-transmit, store or act > in reliance on this e-mail or any attachments, and should destroy all > copies of them. > This e-mail and any attachments may also contain copyright material > belonging to Quillsoft Pty Ltd. > The views expressed in this e-mail or attachments are the views of > the author and not the views of Quillsoft Pty Ltd. > You should only deal with the material contained in this e-mail if > you are authorised to do so. > > This notice should not be removed. > > -- > 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