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  • Bob
    #1

    Double quotes in text input

    I accept text, add_slashes, and store it in my MySQL DB. When I display
    the text, I normally strip_slashes and also strip_tags. This all works
    excepts for a field with double quotes. e.g.

    "My Book's Title" is very simple

    When I display this field, it is totally blank. What's the solution?

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    • Kimmo Laine
      #2
      Re: Double quotes in text input

      "Bob" <bobr@whidbey.c omwrote in message
      news:1161307446 .321192.22730@i 42g2000cwa.goog legroups.com...
      >I accept text, add_slashes, and store it in my MySQL DB. When I display
      the text, I normally strip_slashes and also strip_tags. This all works
      excepts for a field with double quotes. e.g.
      >
      "My Book's Title" is very simple
      >
      When I display this field, it is totally blank. What's the solution?
      I suppose html_entities(" My Book's Title"); would do the trick.

      If you have an input like <input type="trext" value=""My Book's Title"", the
      html parser assumes the value="", empty quotes, thus the totally blank input
      field.

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        • Bob
          #3
          Re: Double quotes in text input


          Kimmo Laine wrote:
          "Bob" <bobr@whidbey.c omwrote in message
          news:1161307446 .321192.22730@i 42g2000cwa.goog legroups.com...
          I accept text, add_slashes, and store it in my MySQL DB. When I display
          the text, I normally strip_slashes and also strip_tags. This all works
          excepts for a field with double quotes. e.g.

          "My Book's Title" is very simple

          When I display this field, it is totally blank. What's the solution?
          >
          I suppose html_entities(" My Book's Title"); would do the trick.
          >
          If you have an input like <input type="trext" value=""My Book's Title"", the
          html parser assumes the value="", empty quotes, thus the totally blank input
          field.
          Thanks Kimmo - you explained the problem AND found the solution.
          htmlentities worked!

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            • Bob
              #4
              Re: Double quotes in text input


              Kimmo Laine wrote:
              "Bob" <bobr@whidbey.c omwrote in message
              news:1161307446 .321192.22730@i 42g2000cwa.goog legroups.com...
              I accept text, add_slashes, and store it in my MySQL DB. When I display
              the text, I normally strip_slashes and also strip_tags. This all works
              excepts for a field with double quotes. e.g.

              "My Book's Title" is very simple

              When I display this field, it is totally blank. What's the solution?
              >
              I suppose html_entities(" My Book's Title"); would do the trick.
              >
              If you have an input like <input type="trext" value=""My Book's Title"", the
              html parser assumes the value="", empty quotes, thus the totally blank input
              field.
              Thanks Kimmo - you explained the problem AND found the solution.
              htmlentities worked!

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