How do you ignore ' input..???

HelloWorld · #1 (**permalink**) 11-22-2007, 01:40 PM

I've an application that will receive an input from the user, however, I realized that everything is fine until there's ' input from the user. It still works, but it is being rendered as \' I know that that is the way PHP ignore ' by using \', but I don't want it to be displayed as \' any ideas..?

Lee · #2 (**permalink**) 11-22-2007, 03:55 PM

Just create a function to remove the \' , i am sure if you mess around and give things a few trys it will work fine.

TeraTask · #3 (**permalink**) 11-22-2007, 04:10 PM

Your PHP configuration is probably setup to escape characters. Just run the string through PHP: stripslashes - Manual . If you plan to port this script to other servers, then

PHP Code:

     if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
       $value = stripslashes($value);
   }

is more reliable.

HelloWorld · #4 (**permalink**) 11-22-2007, 08:35 PM

what do you mean by:

Quote:

Originally Posted by TeraTask

If you plan to port this script to other servers, then

is there any specific functions that I had to call to do this..?

thx for all

TeraTask · #5 (**permalink**) 11-22-2007, 10:40 PM

The reason you'd use the portable code is so that it escapes only what is supposed to be escaped. If magic_quotes is on, then you want to stripslashes; otherwise, you don't. If, however, you know that it will be running on a server with magic_quotes on, then you could just have the stripslashes and save the function call.

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