how to render htmlspecialchar

[shane07]

Hi

My problem arises with the htmlspecialchars() function. I used this function to store the html data into the database because without this function I could not insert the html data. But when I try to retrieve this data php renders in the form of "<table><tbody>". which I do not want. I actually want the 'table' instead of the '<table>'. What should I do to avoid this?

 

Thanx

[Caesar]

<?php

//Reverse the effect htmlsepcialchars() on a string you return from your database ($str)
$html = htmlspecialchars_decode($str);

?>

[effigy]

You shouldn't need this at all. Are you passing the data through the proper database escaping functions?

[shane07]

You shouldn't need this at all. Are you passing the data through the proper database escaping functions?

Yes I understand what this means. But the data contains a lot of double quotes and single quotes. Are you indicating the use of addslashes() function?

[shane07]

Yes that worked too

Thank You

[effigy]

Are you indicating the use of addslashes() function?

 

No. mysql_real_escape_string if you're using MySQL.