Re: Help with escaping the # sign

It's a MySQL issue, probably. Addslashes() should take care of it, I think... If not, find out how MySQL escapes # and use http://php.net/str_replace -- WARNING richard@zend.com address is an endangered species -- Use ceo@l-i-e.com Wanna help me out? Like Music? Buy a CD: http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm Volunteer a little time: http://chatmusic.com/volunteer.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: John Holcomb <john_6932php@yahoo.com> Newsgroups: php.general To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 3:36 PM Subject: Help with escaping the # sign > 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. > > 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/