escape quotes

[babyfighter]

I am trying to send a user-defined string as a hidden variable in a form. The string has single quotes and double quotes in it. When I attempt to pass the string and print it on the next page, it gets cut off mid-string due to the presence of the quotes in the string. Here is a little sample of what I'm doing:

<?php

print ("<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME='TaskDescription' VALUE='".$TaskDescription."'>");

?>

//THEN ON THE NEXT PAGE I HAVE THIS CODE:

print ($TaskDescription);


Needless to say it's been very frustrating trying to solve this. Anybody have any quick solutions for this problem? Thanks a lot.

[Jay]

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$TaskDescription = str_replace('"',""",$TaskDescription);


Just slip that in somewhere before you output it!

[WiZARD]

I am trying to send a user-defined string as a hidden variable in a form. The string has single quotes and double quotes in it. When I attempt to pass the string and print it on the next page, it gets cut off mid-string due to the presence of the quotes in the string. Here is a little sample of what I'm doing:

<?php

print ("<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME='TaskDescription' VALUE='".$TaskDescription."'>");

?>

//THEN ON THE NEXT PAGE I HAVE THIS CODE:

print ($TaskDescription);


Needless to say it's been very frustrating trying to solve this. Anybody have any quick solutions for this problem? Thanks a lot.

try this:

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?>
<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME="TaskDescription" VALUE="<? echo($TaskDescription);?>">



[Jay]

try this:

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?>
<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME="TaskDescription" VALUE="<? echo($TaskDescription);?>">



That doesn't address the original problem.

Even so, it's far neater to write
<input type=hidden name="TaskDescription" value="<?=$TaskDescription?>">