This is better, replace the quotes with nothing and then build your input tag.
#!/usr/bin/perl use CGI; use strict; my $cgi = new CGI; print $cgi->header; my $query = CGI::new(); my $frage_text= "\"Hello World\""; $frage_text =~ s/"//g; print "<form name=\"test\" action=\"http://www.somewhere.com\";>\n"; print " <input type=\"text\" name=\"frage_text\" size=\"100\" value=\"$frage_text\" />\n"; print "</form>\n"; I hope this helps Regards Ash. -----Original Message----- From: Jan Eden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 May 2004 04:21 PM To: David Dorward; Perl Lists Subject: Re: Escaping quotes in variable content Hi David, David Dorward wrote on 11.05.2004: >On 11 May 2004, at 14:58, Jan Eden wrote: >>how can I escape quotes within a variable's content? I use the >>following directive to fill an HTML form: <input type="text" >>name="frage_text" size="100" value="$frage_text" /> Unfortunately, >>if $frage_text contains a double quote, the browser will stop >>displaying the string at that point. I tried to escape the quotes >>in a Perl way $frage_text =~ s/"/\\"/g; > >In HTML characters are 'escaped' by converting them to entities. >&entityName; Quote marks are " > >You probably want to use escapeHTML() from the CGI module. Doh. I have been working on the script for several hours now and forgot the most simple things about HTML. Thanks, Jan -- Common sense is what tells you that the world is flat. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
