But if I use stripslashes, won't I get something like echo "I'm "cool""; which would not work? On Jun 13, 2010, at 10:45 AM, Davide Baglieri wrote: > Just use stripslashes function. > > Il giorno 13/giu/2010, alle ore 16.09, steve miller <steve@xxxxxxxxxx> > ha scritto: > > > Oops; wasn't complete in my question! > > > > I don't have a problem in browsers because they ignore the backslash > > if I leave it in. > > The problem is when I am creating an email because the email > > applications don't ignore the backslash, but show it as \" or \' > so I > > have to remove them. > > > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > On Jun 13, 2010, at 9:49 AM, steve miller wrote: > > > >> I have a simple but perplexing problem I could use some help with. > >> > >> I am storing user text input strings in mysql, and am escaping ' > and > >> " with addslashes. > >> When I pull them out and use stripslashes, I sometimes get errors > >> because I don't know if they have a ' or a " in the string. > >> > >> Example 1 > >> String is: I'm cool > >> This works: echo "I'm cool"; > >> This does not: echo 'I'm cool'; > >> > >> Example 2 > >> String is: You are "cool" > >> This works: echo 'You are "cool"'; > >> This does not: echo "You are "cool""; > >> > >> Example 3 > >> String is: I'm "cool" > >> This does not work: echo "I'm "cool""; > >> This does not work: echo 'I'm "cool"'; > >> > >> So, how do I output strings of unknown content? > >> > >> Thanks for any guidance. > >> > >> Steve > >> > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Are you looking for a PHP job? > > Join the PHP Professionals directory Now! > > http://www.phpclasses.org/jobs/ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Are you looking for a PHP job? Join the PHP Professionals directory Now! http://www.phpclasses.org/jobs/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-objects/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-objects/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: php-objects-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx php-objects-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: php-objects-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
