Hard to replace " (double quote) in a string for form

[SharkBait]

Hi,

I'm having troubles with inserting values into an HTML form.

This is the value in the databae:  "Crikey", look at the size of that thing!

To be put into:

[code]<input type="text" name="title" value="<?php echo $valueFromDB;">" />[/code]

But because Crikey is enclosed with " " it breaks the HTML.  How do I fix this? Do I just replace all " with ' ?

Thanks

[Stevis2002]

Try putting a / before the "crikey, and a / after the closing quotes

[obsidian]

if you're placing the text into an HTML tag, you'll most likely need to change it to HTML entities to get it to display properly. for instance, instead of having double quotes, you'll need to use &quot; instead. to easily accomplish this, just run your string through htmlentities() before outputting it to the browser.

good luck

[SharkBait]

I've tried that and in the input box it only displayed a / with no text.

Looking at the source it looks like

[code]<td><input type="text" size="20" name="title" value="/"Crikey/" it's a stingray!" /> Title</td>[/code]

[AdRock]

I'm sure you should use \ instead of /

[SharkBait]

I get this:

[code]

<td><input type="text" size="20" name="title" value="\"Crikey\" it's a stingray!" /> Title</td>

[/code]

And it displays only a \ in the text box.

[obsidian]

[quote author=SharkBait link=topic=106988.msg428832#msg428832 date=1157496795]
I get this:

[code]

<td><input type="text" size="20" name="title" value="\"Crikey\" it's a stingray!" /> Title</td>

[/code]

And it displays only a \ in the text box.
[/quote]

did you try what i suggested above?

[SharkBait]

Sorry Obsidian, didnt see your reply. I will use that. I knew there was a function for the entities but couldn't remember it.

[AdRock]

Have you tried using 2 single quotes like here ''
It looks like "

might work !!

[SharkBait]

I did what bbsidian suggested and it worked.  I was using double quotes and they are now working properly thanks to [code=php:0]htmlentities($blah);[/code]