use the following code
$vals=explode("'", "'abc'");
$your_value=$vals[0]; //I am little confused, if it is not working try
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Elan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a string, "'abc'". How do I convert it to "abc" (i.e. how do I
> strip the embedded single quotes) with a minimum of overhead?
>
> (In case you'r wondering: I created the quoted string to store it in
> MySQL, now I want to display the same string in a Webpage. Usually the
> strings I display do not have embedded single quotes, and I add the
> single quotes when I output the string printf("<input type='text'
> value='%s'>", $value); That works well enough for strings that don't
> already have embedded quotes. But when they do I want to get rid of them
> quickly and easily, otherwise I get ...value = ''some value''> and
> Netscape doesn't display the value embedded in two single quote
> characters).
>
> TIA,
>
> Elan
>
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