Ah! I knew there was an easy fix to this. Thank you! You have helped
me immensely!
Suzi
--- In php-list@yahoogroups.com, James Keeline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- Suzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I am working with PHP and MySQL. I have a form to edit data existing
> > in the database. When viewing the form, one of the fields has data
> > that will contain quotation marks. If I pull this into the form in a
> > textfield from the database with <? echo $kddim ?> or <?=$kddim?> it
> > truncates at the point where the quotation mark exists.
> >
> > Is there a way around this? I cannot use backslashes in the database
> > because they show in the page output. The only place it truncates in
> > when outputting the data to the textfield in the form for editing.
> >
> > Any solutions?
> >
> > Suzi
>
> You should store the information in the tables with backslashes
using either addslashes() or
> mysql_real_escape_string(). After pulling the information back out
of the table you can use
> stripslashes() to remove the backslashes before displaying the content.
>
> Also, if using a text input field you will probably want to use
htmlentities(stripslashes($X)) on
> your values. The htmlentities() function transforms many special
characters, including items like
> the double quote (") to an item which the browsers can reliably
display (").
>
> James
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