str_replace problem

[Pinkmischief]

Hi i was wondering if anyone could point out what im doing wrong here im as im new to this function and relatively new to PHP

$quotes = array(",","\"","'","*");
//above is array that i need to be escaped
			while ($result = mysql_fetch_array($query)){
				echo ("  <tr>
							<td>&nbsp;</td>
							<td>Question</td>
							<td colspan='6'>".substr($result['question'],0,50).".....</td>
						  </tr>
						  <tr>
							<td width='28'>&nbsp;</td>
							<td><A HREF='javascript:popUp(\"../admin/edit-poll.php?id=".$result['Id']."&question=".$result['question']."&opt1=".$result['choice1']."&opt2=".$result['choice2']."&opt3=".$result['choice3']."\")'>Edit This Poll</td>
											  </tr>
							<td colspan='6'>&nbsp;</td>
							<td width='6' colspan='-1'>&nbsp;</td>
							<td width='12'>&nbsp;</td>
						  </tr>");

Ok with the above script i need to substr and str_replace on the $result['question'] so it shows only 50 characters which i have working but how do i add a str_replace to that currentt script?as what happen is if the $result[question has a ' or a , or " it gets parsed through php and will not open the popup window with the edit form on it.

This is the code parts that i think need editing

<td colspan='6'>".substr($result['question'],0,50).".....</td>
//display the first 50 chars of poll question

question=".$result['question']."&
//send question to address bar to be accessed by edit form 

Kind regards Pinky

[Pinkmischief]

Sorry guys managed to figure it out
Had to clean the input within the loop but now have another problem lol it replaces all , with / instead of showing say for example let's go and play game,s it will show as let/s go and play game/s lol

Regards Pinky.

[Pinkmischief]

This is the current code for replacing the chars

$quotes = array("\"","'","*");
//array of invalid chars 
while ($result = mysql_fetch_array($query)){
$clean = str_replace($quotes, "/", $result['question']);
//replace any invalid chars with a /

I need it to show game's as game's and not game\s :S

Regards Pinky

[Pinkmischief]

Sort of resolved i just changed this

$clean = str_replace($quotes, "/", $result['question']);

to

$clean = str_replace($quotes, "", $result['question']);

Now it shows game's as gamesbut it dont look good 🙁
Regards Pinky