Issue with passing a variable that has a single quote

[alfredviegas]

Hi,

 

I am developing a family tree website and I am facing an issue with passing variables that have a single quote. My code is as follows

 

$childName="David D\'Souza";  // this value comes from the database

 

echo "<td align='center' cellpadding='9'>";

echo "<a href='family.php?parent_name=$root_father&childName=".$child_name."'>".$childName."</a></td>";

 

When i try to put my mouse cursor over this link to pass the variable to the next page, all i get is David D\ instead of getting the whole name: David D\'Souza

What do i need to do in order the entire variable sent to the next page.

[zenag]

echo "<a href='family.php?parent_name=$root_father&childName=".htmlentities($childName, ENT_QUOTES)."'>".$childName."<a></td>";

[rupam_jaiswal]

Try this if it works

echo '<a href="family.php?parent_name=$root_father&childName='.$childName.'">'.$childName.'[/url]</td>';

[alfredviegas]

echo "<a href='family.php?parent_name=$root_father&childName=".htmlentities($childName, ENT_QUOTES)."'>".$childName."<a></td>";

 

Hey Thanks a lot.. your code worked!!!!