On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 19:32:29 +0200, Red Wingate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > use " to display the data in the input-text element and undo this > before inserting it into the database > > function quoteToHtml ( $string ) { > return str_replace( '"' , '"' , $string ); > }
Much better to use htmlentities(), it will get all quotes and other special chars (<, >, etc) which can cause problems. > function htmlToQuote ( $string ) { > return str_replace( '"' , '"' , $string ); > } > You don't need to do this. When the browser submits the request, it will come through $_REQUEST as a quote, not as an HTML entity. > Only way to go :-) > > Scott Fletcher wrote: > > > I'm using data that goes from the HTML textbox to PHP to MYSQL to PHP to > > HTML textbox. The only trouble I have is to escape the apostrophe character > > when it is put into the HTML textbox by PHP (from MySQL). > > > > --snip-- > > echo "<input type='textbox' value='".$value."'>"; > > --snip-- > > > > I can't use the HTML feature like " or something because the """ > > would show up in the database... Any suggestion or advice? > > > > Thanks, > > Scott F. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > !DSPAM:40e2f52755689422721120! > > -- paperCrane --Justin Patrin-- -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php