OT: php and filepro apostrophe

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Richard D. Williams (Fri, 02 Jun 2006 10:29:41 -0500):

> This relates to a previous post about converting apostrophes.  I never
> could get an edit to perform this function.
[...]
> php variable contains D'Alton as well.
>
> But, here is the problem.  The html line,
> <input type='text' name='subject_name' value='$subject_name'>
> result in just the letter D in the text box.  Everything after the
> apostrophe and the apostrophe is gone.
>
> I tried using addslashes to convert the php variable subject_name value
> to D\'Alton.  But it just result with D\ being placed into the html text
> box.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions.
[...]

What about using double-quotes around things?

    <input type="text" name="subject_name" value="$subject_name">

(Unless, of course, $subject_name may contain these quotes as well.)

It may work by converting the apostrophe into "%27", though that
depends on how things are read.

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