preg_replace help?

[Trammel]

Im accepting user input from a text-box on a webpage.
I am then wanting to echo that back into the same box when the page is
submitted.

The problem I have is that the input COULD contain multiple quotes and
double-quotes.
AddSlashes doesnt seem to work properly, as it turns ' into \'
....and " just into \ (removing everything after)

I thought of using single-quotes for the Value='' and then use preg_replace
to replace all occurances of ' with \' ...but I cant figure-out how to do
it.

Anyone got any idea?

For example the user might have entered: ''''"""'"'"''"' (A collection of
quotes & double-quotes)
The input is stored in $myVar... and needs to be put BACK inside Value=''

[Rik]

On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 04:11:02 +0200, Trammel <[e-mail]:

Im accepting user input from a text-box on a webpage.
I am then wanting to echo that back into the same box when the page is
submitted.

The problem I have is that the input COULD contain multiple quotes and
double-quotes.
AddSlashes doesnt seem to work properly, as it turns ' into \'
...and " just into \ (removing everything after)

It doesn't, but you haven't shown your code and exact output, so I cannot
tell you what the error there is.

I thought of using single-quotes for the Value='' and then use
preg_replace
to replace all occurances of ' with \' ...but I cant figure-out how to
do
it.

Anyone got any idea?

For example the user might have entered: ''''"""'"'"''"' (A collection
of
quotes & double-quotes)
The input is stored in $myVar... and needs to be put BACK inside Value=''

If it's just HTML, use htmlspecialchars($myVar,ENT_QUOTES); On a submit of
the form it will be the normal string again, so no worries there either.
--
Rik Wasmus

[Trammel]

"Rik" <lu************@hotmail.comwrote in message

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On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 04:11:02 +0200, Trammel <[e-mail]:

>Im accepting user input from a text-box on a webpage.
I am then wanting to echo that back into the same box when the page is
submitted.

The problem I have is that the input COULD contain multiple quotes and
double-quotes.
AddSlashes doesnt seem to work properly, as it turns ' into \'
...and " just into \ (removing everything after)

It doesn't, but you haven't shown your code and exact output, so I cannot
tell you what the error there is.

>I thought of using single-quotes for the Value='' and then use
preg_replace
to replace all occurances of ' with \' ...but I cant figure-out how to
do
it.

Anyone got any idea?

For example the user might have entered: ''''"""'"'"''"' (A collection
of
quotes & double-quotes)
The input is stored in $myVar... and needs to be put BACK inside Value=''

If it's just HTML, use htmlspecialchars($myVar,ENT_QUOTES); On a submit of
the form it will be the normal string again, so no worries there either.

htmlspecialchars($myVar) worked great, thanks :-)

[peter]

htmlspecialchars($myVar) worked great, thanks :-)

Just a note, does your server have magic_quotes_gpc enabled, if so that
could have been causing you problems (you can either turn it off or use
stripslashes).