quote problem

[gizzmo]

Hi guys I have this problem where the string in my variables is getting cutt off. I have noticed any where the is a single quote it gets cut off.

for example

I have
echo("<input type='hidden' name='myvar' value='". $myvar."'>");

if $myvar has a single quote in it, the text is stop there" I don't get the rest of the string.

any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks Gizzmo!

[bubblenut]

That shouldn't affect echo, give us a bit more of the code, specifically where the variable is being set. That is the most likely place we'll find the error.

[gizzmo]

ok

I have an html form:

<textarea name="comments" cols=20 rows=5></textarea>

after hitting submit

I have a processing page on this page let's say I'm passing the value 'comments' to a hidden field

echo("<textarea name="comments" cols=20 rows=5>".$comments."</textarea>

the problem I've encountered is. any text in the value of $comments that has a single quote gets cutt off

for example lets assumed $comments = "I wouldn't do that";

I would only get "I wouldn ", anything after the quote gets cut off.

hope that helps thanks for helping.

Gizzmo

[udendra]

echo("<input type='hidden' name='myvar' value='". $myvar."'>");

if $myvar has a single quote in it, the text is stop there" I don't get the rest of the string.

of course it will.

cos say if $myvar = "i wouldn't"
then you'll get :

<input type='hidden' name='myvar' value='i wouldn't'>

hence,

value='i wouldn'

the t' part will just lie there in the TAG.

but If you used :

echo('<input type="hidden" name="myvar" value="'. $myvar.'">'); 

there would be no problem, cos the single quote is enclosed within Double quotes now.

But now, you may wonder what if a double quote comes in between the two double quotes. well, then again It will get cutoff.

so, you should convert that double quote to &amp;quot; using [man]htmlspecialchars[/man]

then it will be something like :

echo('<input type="hidden" name="myvar" value="'. htmlspecialchars($myvar).'">'); 

🙂

[bachok83]

ooo my god... i'm just having the same problem... however, after reading your post udendra, damn... you are brilliant.... huhu.. thx...

and thx to gizzmo, coz i dont have to ask the same ques. and wait lol

[bachok83]

and the best part is... it works like charm.... huhu...

phpbuilder.com rox....

[gizzmo]

Thanks

Udnendra, I like your help and thank you for taking the time to explain the logic also. Brilliant.

--Gizzmo