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Str_replace - replacing a single quote with '
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 1:17 am
by pilau
How should I replace a single quote, with the HTML entity '?
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 1:25 am
by ruchit
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str_replace("'", "#39;", $subject);
PS: If you're looking at this for backslshing problem, then use
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 3:10 am
by pilau
Thanks-a-lot, that solved my problem!
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 3:18 am
by Jenk
ruchit wrote:
PS: If you're looking at this for backslshing problem, then use
This is incorrect, well, syntactically it is correct, but it is inappropraite for this use.
That would remove all backslashes, not just the ones inputted by magic_quotes.
Use stripslashes to remove the escaping back slashes.
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 3:23 am
by ruchit

i am so wrong... but jenk did u read the other thread?? ... and if you didn't... pilau only asked for str_replace function on this thread.
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 3:29 am
by Jenk
I'v also just noticed it is syntactically incorrect aswell
it should be
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<?php
$string = str_replace ("\\", "", $string);
?>
But the problem with using the above, is what happens when a user wants to post a backslash?
For example, the below input
FAO: Bob - You can find the shared directory at: \\server\folder
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 1:21 pm
by Skara
If a user inputs the following:
"Doug's horse jumped the fence," said \\stable\pen.
would translate to this:
\"Doug\'s horse jumped the fence,\" said \\\\stable\\pen.
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 4:34 pm
by Jenk
That's with magic quotes on, but if you used str_replace to remove the slashes, there would be none at all.
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 4:42 pm
by feyd
Remove slashes:
stripslashes()
Convert ' back to '
html_entity_decode()