Ternary operator fails picking up formvalue and quotes in empty variable.

[spookztar]

Hi,

Would appreciate an assist on this one...

A ternary operator fails, picking up a form variable, Why?

if (isset($_POST['prod_type_button']) || isset($_POST['prod_type_button2']))
   {
   $testprod = $_POST['productname'];
   // Works...
   $prod_name = (isset($_POST['productname'])) ? strip_tags(mysql_real_escape_string(trim($_POST['productname']))) : FALSE;
   // Doesn't... - comes up empty.
   }

Why?

And also: When I echo out a variable containing a usersubmitted text string from a textfield between two "textfield" tags (if the form submission fails elsewhere) two "" show up, surrounding the string. Is there an easy way to prevent that?

[bretticus]

Do you have a mysql connection open? Do you get an empty string for $prod_name? Use var_dump() to see what you get back. I noticed you have strip_tags wrapped around the output. Are the contents of $_POST['productname'] enveloped in html tags?

[NogDog]

Probably not directly related to your immediate problem, but the strip_tags() and mysql_real_escape_string() should be inverted:

mysql_real_escape_string(strip_tags(trim($_POST['productname'])))