I am having problems with double quotes inside a post variable. The
code below illustrates this. If the user enters non-quoted text then
the code works OK. If "Hello" is entered then I get $some_text equal
to \"Hello\". What I want is the actual text that the user entered
and not the processed version.
I am new to php so please be gentle with me.
Thanks in advance,
Mark
<?php
if (isset($_POST['some_text']))
$some_text = $_POST['some_text'];
else
$some_text = "";
?>
<html><body>
<form method="POST" action="test.ph p">
<p>
<?php echo("Old text: " . htmlentities($s ome_text). "<br>"); ?>
Enter text: <input name="some_text " size="20"><br>
<input type="submit" value="Submit" name="Submit">
</p>
</form>
</body></html>
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Mark Stevens (mark at thepcsite fullstop co fullstop uk) 4  3374 
Mark Stevens <re**@my.sig> wrote: I am having problems with double quotes inside a post variable. The
code below illustrates this. If the user enters non-quoted text then
the code works OK. If "Hello" is entered then I get $some_text equal
to \"Hello\". What I want is the actual text that the user entered
and not the processed version.
special characters are escaped by a backslash (\) upon form submission.
you can remove the backslashes by
$some_text = stripslashes($s ome_text);
check out the stripslashes function in the manual for more information
and related functions.
regards,
steven.
On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 12:05:14 +0000 (UTC), steven mestdagh
<st************ *@esat.kuleuven .REMOVE-THIS.ac.be> wrote: special characters are escaped by a backslash (\) upon form submission.
you can remove the backslashes by
$some_text = stripslashes($s ome_text);
Thanks, knew there had to be simple answer.
Cheers,
Mark
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Mark Stevens (mark at thepcsite fullstop co fullstop uk)
On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 11:49:36 +0000, Mark Stevens <re**@my.sig> wrote: I am having problems with double quotes inside a post variable. The
code below illustrates this. If the user enters non-quoted text then
the code works OK. If "Hello" is entered then I get $some_text equal
to \"Hello\". What I want is the actual text that the user entered
and not the processed version.
You've got magic_quotes_gp c turned on. If possible, turn it off. If not, use
stripslashes().
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Mark Stevens <re**@my.sig> wrote in message news:<23******* *************** **********@4ax. com>... I am having problems with double quotes inside a post variable. The
code below illustrates this. If the user enters non-quoted text then
the code works OK. If "Hello" is entered then I get $some_text equal
to \"Hello\". What I want is the actual text that the user entered
and not the processed version.
Take a look at stripslashes(): http://us4.php.net/manual/en/function.stripslashes.php
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