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  • JnrJnr
    New Member
    • Oct 2009
    • 88
    #1

    Single quotes enclosed in double quotes not showing

    Hi all. Im very new to PHP so heres my q
    I have an array that has multiple different sentences in various indexes. The sentences contain (')apostrophes and
    (")double quotes.
    I want my array at whatever index to echo the sentece-
    The boat's anchor is "heavy".
    If I do this-
    Code:
    myArr[0] = "The boat's anchor is \"heavy\"."; 
echo myArr[0];
    ...it cuts the sentence off at the (')apostrophe. If I do this-
    Code:
    myArr[0] = 'The boat\'s anchor is "heavy".';
echo myArr[0];
    ...it cuts the sentence off at the (')apostrophe. If I remove the (')apostrophe both senteces echo correctly with the double quotes visible.

    I thaught this was true that
    Using double quotes in a string enclosed with single quotes requires no escaping and vica versa.
    Using a double quotes in a string enclosed in double quotes does require escaping.

    I've tried using the str_replace function to replace the apostrophe with HTML character code '
    Code:
    $str = str_replace("'", "'", myArr[0]); 
echo $str;
    ...and it still cuts off at (')apostrophes.
    The only option that works so far is using html character codes in the sentece itself-
    Code:
    myArr[0] = "The boat's anchor is \"heavy\"."; 
echo myArr[0];
    ...But this makes readability more difficult.
    Is there any other ways you can help me with solving my problem with the single quotes / (')apostrophes not displaying when the sentence is echo'd?
    Last edited by Dormilich; Jul 20 '11, 08:39 PM.
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    • Markus
      Recognized Expert Expert
      • Jun 2007
      • 6092
      #2
      It works fine for me:
      Code:
      php > $myArr = array("The boat's anchor is \"heavy\".");
php > echo $myArr[0];
The boat's anchor is "heavy".
php > $myArr = array('The boat\'s anchor is "heavy".');
php > echo $myArr[0];
The boat's anchor is "heavy".
      I cannot think what would be causing that behaviour.

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        • JnrJnr
          New Member
          • Oct 2009
          • 88
          #3
          Hi Markus,
          Sory I have to correct my question alot!
          Im trying to...
          Code:
          echo $_Post(['value']);
          ...the value of the array not just echo it. I want to $_Post() the value of an html <select> (dropdownlist) that has its values and results based on the array. Here is my exact code:
          Code:
          <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> 
<html> 
<head> 
<title>How To Detect If User Javascript Is Enabled by Wallpaperama.com</title> 
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> 
</head> 
<?php 
$arrValues['-'] = "";
$arrValues['one'] = "1";
$arrValues['two'] = "2's";
$arrValues['three'] = "3";
$arrValues['four'] = "4's";
?>
<body> 
<form onSubmit="return gos()" method="post" action="test.php">
<select id="selectID" name="selectName" onchange="this.form.submit()" style="width:400px">
   <?php 
   foreach ($arrValues as $key => $value)
{
if($value == $_POST['selectName'])
		{$mySelection = "selected";}
		else
		{$mySelection = "";}
echo "<option value = '".$value."'".$mySelection.">".$key."</option>";
}

?>
</select>
<?php 
echo $_POST['selectName']. '<br> <hr>';  
foreach ($arrValues as $key => $value)
{
	if($value == $_POST['selectName'])
		{$mySelection = "selected";}
		else
		{$mySelection = "";}
		$posst = $_POST['selectName'] ;
	echo 'key = ' . $key . '<br>' . 'value = ' . $value .'<br>' . 'Post = ' . $posst .'<br>' . 'mySelection value = ' . $mySelection . '<br> <hr>';
}
?>
</form>
</body> 
</html>
          You can see that echo $_POST['selectName']; at line 30 only gives me the value without the (')quotation mark and also cuts everything off after the quotation mark.

          What is your magic_quotes_gp c, magic_quotes_ru ntime and magic_quotes_sy base in your php.ini file set to? Mine is all set to off. Also what version of php do you have installed? mine is Version5.3.6

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            • Markus
              Recognized Expert Expert
              • Jun 2007
              • 6092
              #4
              Ah!

              You see, you're using single quotes on line 24 for the option's value attribute. When the PHP is executed, the HTML given to the browser is as follows: <option value='The boat's anchor is heavy' selected />

              Do you see the issue?

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                • JnrJnr
                  New Member
                  • Oct 2009
                  • 88
                  #5
                  ahh I see. It should be...
                  Code:
                  echo '<option value = "'.$value.'"'.$mySelection.">".$key."</option>";
                  But what if I use (")double quotes in my sentence? ie
                  The boat's anchor is "heavy".
                  Then it cuts off at the double quotes like it did with the single quotes.

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