separating html from php (newbie)

[samUK]

Hi ive been racking my brain all day. Im pretty new to this aswell so bear with me.

 

I have created an update page. I am pulling out info from my database and placing it in a table so it can be updated.

 

Now, I have a mixture of images and swfs, so i have inserted in my database entries such as,

 

<img src="images/HME.jpg" />

 

When i pull this out in to a table, and view in my browser window i get this,

 

 

I understand the /> at the end of the image address interferes with the actual html table,

<td>Image 1:</td>

<td><input type="text" name="img1" value="<?php echo $row_Recordset1['img1']; ?>" size="50"></td>

 

I have this bit of code at the top of my file and was wandering if this has anything to do with it,

 

$theValue = (!get_magic_quotes_gpc()) ? addslashes($theValue) : $theValue;

 

 

PLEASE PLEASE SOMEONE HELP!!

   

[DarkWater]

Use htmlentities($string, ENT_QUOTES);

 

And why are you storing it with the HTML?  You should just add a field to determine a SWF or image and output the correct HTML accordingly.

[samUK]

Thank you very much for you reply,

 

Now as i said, im a newb and i do not understand where to use,

 

Use htmlentities($string, ENT_QUOTES);

 

As for adding a field to determine a swf or image, i never knew you could do that, and am a little confused about how id go about doing it?

 

Your help and advice is much appreciated,

 

thanks,

 

Sam

[natbob]

I'm not sure of your database design or source if img/swf's but strstr('.swf', $myFileName) would work.

Then you would add a new column in your database and display accordingly.