Re: newbie - PHP escaping trigger happy

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On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 10:21 PM, Govinda <govinda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Just a quick Q, which I know has to be in the docs somewhere, but I haven't
> come across it yet-
>
> PHP automatically escaping single and double quotes...  how to turn it off?
>
> I.e.-
> in a form text input, someone inputs
> love's "influence" <grows>
>
> and on the posted page I get:
> love\'s \"influence\"
>
> WHen I wrap that with  htmlspecialchars , then I get:
> love\&#039;s \&quot;influence\&quot; &lt;grows&gt;
>
> What I want is:
> love&#039;s &quot;influence&quot;  &lt;grows&gt;
>
> ...in this case anyway.  Probably if I understood why PHP was escaping the
> quotes, then I likely would want that behavior in those circumstances it was
> designed for...  but not now, and I don't know how to turn it off.
>
> Thanks,
> -Govinda
>
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