Thank you Rebecca

Excellent idea Rebecca. I guess I'll have to resort to this because no one else out there seems to have ever had this problem. You've been a big help. Thank you for your ideas. John --- Rebecca Donley <houserabbit@hotmail.com> wrote: > What about writing a function to change all the # > characters to something > else (maybe something you would never see in the > input) and then another to > change them back again before entry into your db? > I'm pretty new to PHP so > I'm not sure what string functions are available but > in ASP you could just > use a "replace" function. > Rebecca > > > >From: John Holcomb <john_6932php@yahoo.com> > >To: Rebecca Donley <houserabbit@hotmail.com> > >Subject: Re: [PHP] Is there no one who can help me > out there. > >Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 16:48:29 -0700 (PDT) > > > >Thank you. This has been the biggest help so far. > > > >But, if it's a user entered string is their anyway > to > >do this without having to parse the string and > looking > >for the # sign and then reconstructing the string. > >That would be very difficult to do. > > > >I would appreciate any comments you might have. > > > >Thanks again > > > >John > > > > > >--- Rebecca Donley <houserabbit@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > John, > > > I had a similar problem when passing # from one > page > > > to another as an html > > > anchor. What worked for me was separating the # > in > > > quotes as follows: > > > > > > echo "?id=" . $row[0] . "#" . > strtolower($row[1]) . > > > '">'; > > > > > > > > > When I did this I had no problem passing the > entire > > > string without the end > > > being interpreted as a comment. > > > Rebecca > > > > > > > > > >From: John Holcomb <john_6932php@yahoo.com> > > > >To: php-general@lists.php.net > > > >Subject: [PHP] Is there no one who can help me > out > > > there. > > > >Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 16:29:21 -0700 (PDT) > > > > > > > >I have a text input field in my form. I need > the > > > user > > > >to be able to enter something like: Hello, I > need > > > # > > > >help. After which they click on a submit > button. > > > The > > > >succeeding page then takes this text and tries > to > > > >display it and tries to store "Hello, I need # > > > help" > > > >in a varchar field in a mysql table column. > The > > > >mysql database is truncating the # sign and the > > > text > > > >succeeding the # sign. Also, absolutly no text > is > > > >being diplayed on the succeeding web page. > I've > > > tried > > > > using addslashes() and I was warned against > using > > > >htmlentities(). Also, I'm not sure if I'm > dealing > > > >with 2 issues: A mysql issue and a html issue. > Or, > > > am > > > >I dealing with one issue: A mysql issue or an > HTML > > > >issue. > > > > > > > >I know think my problem is that when I pass > text to > > > >another page with the # sign, it's interpreting > it > > > as > > > >a comment. Is their any way to somehow escape > the > > > # > > > >sign. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > > >John > > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > > > >Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? > > > >Donate cash, emergency relief information > > > > > > >http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/ > > > > > > > >-- > > > >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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > > > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? > >Donate cash, emergency relief information > >http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/ > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > __________________________________________________ Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? Donate cash, emergency relief information http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/