addslashes($userInput) Rich > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat [mailto:redhat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 10:49 AM > To: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: user input killing code > > > I am still working on this DB entry page. I have a sort of > content mgt > page that I have built where certain company people input data to be > displayed on a web page to be viewed by the public. Everything is > working great except, when someone enters an ' or " into the > form field > it will not update the database. I figured out that if you > escape the ' > or " with \ it will go through. I would like to know what I can do to > my code to keep users from having to remember this. Any suggestions? > thanks, > DF > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php