euel Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Hi people! I have a form with a select list where options are populated from a table in my db.. the string format is like this -> car - branch (ex. toyota - japan so on..) when viewing the options it displays correctly with the "-" but when i tried submitting the form which will be inserted into the db the "- branch" gets cut off.. i think i need to encode it but i don't know how to do it.. thanks for any reply! Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/254252-special-character-problem/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFMaBiSmAd Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 You are likely missing quotes around the value attribute in your HTML - value = 'toyota - japan' or value = "toyota - japan" Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/254252-special-character-problem/#findComment-1303588 Share on other sites More sharing options...
euel Posted January 3, 2012 Author Share Posted January 3, 2012 thanks PFMaBiSmAd! i was using a {$value} for the option i didnt realize im missing some single quotes.. can i just ask another question? its related to this.. i have 3 options (ex. toyota - japan, toyota - usa, toyota - europe) and saved each on variable (branch1, branch2, branch3) i tried making it an array with -> explode("," $array) and print them out but the output is like this -> array ([0] => toyota - japan, toyota - usa, toyota - europe) .. which is not the output i want.. is there any other way in doing this? appreciate the reply! thanks again! (im gonna read the php manual for the mean time) Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/254252-special-character-problem/#findComment-1303595 Share on other sites More sharing options...
scootstah Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 explode() needs a string not an array. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/254252-special-character-problem/#findComment-1303596 Share on other sites More sharing options...
euel Posted January 3, 2012 Author Share Posted January 3, 2012 actually scootstah my ex. was a string i just failed to clarify it but thanks for the reply.. anyways ignore my last post cuz i already fixed it, i just made an error in placing a " " for a "," which is stupid thnks! solved! Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/254252-special-character-problem/#findComment-1303599 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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