[RESOLVED] Problem echoing string containing ' into text field

[Maharg105]

Hi Guys,

I'm having a little problem and wondered if someone might be able to lend me a little help.

I have a screen that allows users to edit product information. To do this the existing information is being echoed into text fields.

The problem is that if the string contains a single quote, it breaks the string and only part is displayed. The current code is;

$name=htmlspecialchars($name);
$phone=htmlspecialchars($phone);
$address=htmlspecialchars($address);

echo " 

<form action='./addcontact_submit.php' method='post'>
<br />
<label for='name'>Contact Name</label> <input type='text' name='name' id='name' maxlength='100' class='form_input' value='$name'/>
<br />
<label for='price'>Contact Phone</label> <input type='text' name='phone' id='phone' maxlength='100' class='form_input' value='$phone' />
<br />
<label for='description'>Contact Address</label><textarea name='address' name='address' rows=6 cols=40>$address</textarea>
<br />
<label>&nbsp; </label><input type='submit' value='Submit' class='button' /></form>";

So if the existing variable for $name is Creme Egg's, then when it is displayed only Creme Egg appears.

Is there a simple way to overcome this, any help would be gratefully received.

Thanks,

[halojoy]

http://php.net/manual/en/function.htmlspecialchars.php
htmlspecialchars which you use
can be set to fix this.

''' (single quote) becomes '&#039' only when ENT_QUOTES is set. 

So

$name  = htmlspecialchars($name, ENT_QUOTES);
$phone  = htmlspecialchars($phone, ENT_QUOTES);
$address = htmlspecialchars($address, ENT_QUOTES); 

[Maharg105]

Hey Halojoy,

Thanks for the help, it's all working now 🙂