Form field value containing backslash

[semi_evil]

Hi,

I have recently taken up PHP programming, and I got stuck on the
following.
<?
$p_body = (isset ($_POST['body' ]) && ($_POST['body'] != '')) ?
$_POST['body'] : 'Enter your text here';
$p_name = (isset ($_POST['name' ]) && ($_POST['name'] != '')) ?
$_POST['name'] : 'Enter name';
$p_mail = (isset ($_POST['mail' ]) && ($_POST['mail'] != '')) ?
$_POST['mail'] : 'Enter email';
$output = <<<CODEREH
<form method="POST" action="doform.php">
<p><input type="TEXT" name="name" value="$p_name" /></p>
<p><input type="TEXT" name="email" value="$p_mail" /></p>
<p><input type="TEXT" name="body" value="$p_body" /></p>
<p><input type="SUBMIT" value="Store it!" /></p>
</form>
CODEREH;
$invalid_body=array('','Enter your text here');
$invalid_name=array('','Enter name');
$invalid_mail=array('','Enter email');
if (validate($p_body,$invalid_body) && validate($p_name,$invalid_name)
&& validate($p_mail,$invalid_mail)) // fields not entered correctly
{
//process form data and provide link to continue (or enter another
set of data)
exit;
}
// data not entered correctly
echo "All fields must be entered!";
?>

If either field contains backslashes, they are duplicated when the
form reloads.
Each successive form submission \ becomes \\, \\\\, \\\\\\\\ etc etc

Why does this happen and how do I fix the variables to show the
original data each time?
I know I am a newbie, probably an easy one for this group. Can you
help me out though?

Semi

[Jerry Stuckle]

se*******@inbox.com wrote:

Hi,

I have recently taken up PHP programming, and I got stuck on the
following.
<?
$p_body = (isset ($_POST['body' ]) && ($_POST['body'] != '')) ?
$_POST['body'] : 'Enter your text here';
$p_name = (isset ($_POST['name' ]) && ($_POST['name'] != '')) ?
$_POST['name'] : 'Enter name';
$p_mail = (isset ($_POST['mail' ]) && ($_POST['mail'] != '')) ?
$_POST['mail'] : 'Enter email';
$output = <<<CODEREH
<form method="POST" action="doform.php">
<p><input type="TEXT" name="name" value="$p_name" /></p>
<p><input type="TEXT" name="email" value="$p_mail" /></p>
<p><input type="TEXT" name="body" value="$p_body" /></p>
<p><input type="SUBMIT" value="Store it!" /></p>
</form>
CODEREH;
$invalid_body=array('','Enter your text here');
$invalid_name=array('','Enter name');
$invalid_mail=array('','Enter email');
if (validate($p_body,$invalid_body) && validate($p_name,$invalid_name)
&& validate($p_mail,$invalid_mail)) // fields not entered correctly
{
//process form data and provide link to continue (or enter another
set of data)
exit;
}
// data not entered correctly
echo "All fields must be entered!";
?>

If either field contains backslashes, they are duplicated when the
form reloads.
Each successive form submission \ becomes \\, \\\\, \\\\\\\\ etc etc

Why does this happen and how do I fix the variables to show the
original data each time?
I know I am a newbie, probably an easy one for this group. Can you
help me out though?

Semi

Semi,

You probably have magic_quotes_gpc on in your php.ini file. If so, turn
it off (it defaults to on); it's not good to have.

If this is your hosting company, the first thing I'd recommend is
changing hosting companies. There's no good reason (IMHO) why they
should be running with it on nowadays.

If it is your host and you can't change, to get rid of them, use
stripslashes(). And if you test to see if magic quotes is on, your code
will be more transportable, i.e.

if (get_magic_quotes_gpc())
$body = stripslashes($_POST['body']);

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Jerry Stuckle
JDS Computer Training Corp.
js*******@attglobal.net
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[satyakaran]

Simply use this link
http://www.php.net/stripslashes

for stripslashes function.
and access your post-ed data like this:

<input type="text" value="<?php echo stripslashes($p_name); ?>"
name=".... />
satya61229.blogspot.com

[e-mail] wrote:

Hi,

I have recently taken up PHP programming, and I got stuck on the
following.
<?
$p_body = (isset ($_POST['body' ]) && ($_POST['body'] != '')) ?
$_POST['body'] : 'Enter your text here';
$p_name = (isset ($_POST['name' ]) && ($_POST['name'] != '')) ?
$_POST['name'] : 'Enter name';
$p_mail = (isset ($_POST['mail' ]) && ($_POST['mail'] != '')) ?
$_POST['mail'] : 'Enter email';
$output = <<<CODEREH
<form method="POST" action="doform.php">
<p><input type="TEXT" name="name" value="$p_name" /></p>
<p><input type="TEXT" name="email" value="$p_mail" /></p>
<p><input type="TEXT" name="body" value="$p_body" /></p>
<p><input type="SUBMIT" value="Store it!" /></p>
</form>
CODEREH;
$invalid_body=array('','Enter your text here');
$invalid_name=array('','Enter name');
$invalid_mail=array('','Enter email');
if (validate($p_body,$invalid_body) && validate($p_name,$invalid_name)
&& validate($p_mail,$invalid_mail)) // fields not entered correctly
{
//process form data and provide link to continue (or enter another
set of data)
exit;
}
// data not entered correctly
echo "All fields must be entered!";
?>

If either field contains backslashes, they are duplicated when the
form reloads.
Each successive form submission \ becomes \\, \\\\, \\\\\\\\ etc etc

Why does this happen and how do I fix the variables to show the
original data each time?
I know I am a newbie, probably an easy one for this group. Can you
help me out though?

Semi