| Charlie van de Kerkhof 2006-04-20, 6:58 pm |
| Hi Jeffrey,
try this:
print "<input type='text' name='some_variable'
value='".htmlspecialchars($some_text)."'>\n";
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Regards,
- Charlie
On 20 Apr 2006, at 17:56, Jeffrey wrote:[color=darkred]
> I have an application which calls up some data from a MySQL table
> and puts it into a web form for users to modify.
> One of the cells holds a text string which is put into a text input
> field. However, if that text string includes an apostrophe, all
> text after the apostrophe disappears.
> For example, if the test string from a database cell reads...
> Fix the managers' cars by Tuesday
> and that is saved in the variable $some_text, which is called up in
> a form...
> <input type='text' name='some_variable' value='$some_text'>
> The text field on the web page will only contain...
> Fix the managers
> How can I get the text field to show the entire string?
> Many thanks,
> Jeffrey
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