| Problems displaying data in form values
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salewit
msg:4020849 | 3:14 am on Nov 7, 2009 (gmt 0) |
I have a fair knowledge of PHP and MYSQL, but having lots of escape issues when used with forms. Take a simple name and address database with the name John O'Conner.
$fullname = "John O'Conner";
$result = mysql_query("update namedb SET name = '".mysql_real_escape_string($fullname)."' WHERE key = 33 LIMIT 1;");
Now I'll display that in a FORM text field:
$result = mysql_query("select name from namedb WHERE key = 33");
$row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
<form ...>
Updated Name: <input type="text" name="fullname" value="<? echo $row['name']; ?>">
</form>
I get this: Updated Name: John O Everything after the "O" is gone. If I look at the source, the full name is there. So I change my code by changing the the double quotes to singles right before the PHP code:
Updated Name: <input type="text" name="fullname" value='<? echo $row['name']; ?>'>
I get the name returned properly. However, if I change John O'Conner to John O"Conner, I have the same exact problem. I could filter out the quotes, but I have other fields that can have either a single or double quote. What is the solution here? Or what am I doing wrong?
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homeless
msg:4020855 | 3:34 am on Nov 7, 2009 (gmt 0) |
try value="..." instead of value='...' your browser is probably confused.
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salewit
msg:4020864 | 4:31 am on Nov 7, 2009 (gmt 0) |
I tried it both ways! If I make it value="..." and then the name is John O"Conner, I get the same exact problem: John O
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TheMadScientist
msg:4020869 | 4:49 am on Nov 7, 2009 (gmt 0) |
$fullname = "John O'Conner";
$fullname = htmlentities($fullname,ENT_QUOTES);
echo $fullname;
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