I'd have a look at those double equals signs ... I think they should be single:
$fldemail = stripslashes($fldemail);
$fldemail = ereg_replace("'","",$fldemail);
Mick
On Sat, 28 Jul 2001, Matt Stone wrote:
> Darn, it still 'aint working. Ok, let's say $fldemail contains
> "o\'[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
> I then run these:
> $fldemail == stripslashes($fldemail);
> $fldemail == ereg_replace("'","",$fldemail);
> And I get "o\'[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ... damn.
>
> Any ideas? Thanks,
>
> Matt Stone
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Fry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, 28 July 2001 2:15 PM
> To: Matt Stone
> Cc: PHP list
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Stripping single quotes
>
>
> Matt,
>
> Try ereg_replace:-
>
> $fldemail == ereg_replace("'","",$fldemail);
>
> Chris
>
>
> Matt Stone wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > I am trying to validate some email addresses before they are entered into
> > the database.
> > The problem is, some thick or malicious people are entering single quotes
> > into their email addresses.
> > I need to strip out all these single quotes but a little ole' str_replace
> > doesn't seem to be working.
> > Here it is:
> >
> > $fldemail == str_replace("'","",$fldemail);
> >
> > Nice and basic :)
> > Can anyone please enlighten me on this?
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Matt Stone
> >
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