I have setup the following echo after a database query: <?php echo "<input type=\"text\" name=\"description\" value=\"" . $email_template['description'] . "\" class=\"contact_center_email_template_maintenance_user_input_data\" />\r\n"; ?> What I don’t understand is what to do in the event the variable $email_template['description'] retrieved in the database query contains a quotation mark “ --- In this event only the word “current” populates the “description” field <input type="text" name="description" value="current "Verse of the Day daily devotion" e-mail template" class="contact_center_email_template_maintenance_user_input_data" /> Ron Piggott www.TheVerseOfTheDay.info