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Re: [PHP3] form data From: Martin Koistinen (koistinen <email protected>)
Date: 07/02/98

>I am having a problem putting form data in a database. I thought I read
>somewhere that php will automatically put a \ before any ' or " characters
>that are sent through a form. But, when I send data with my form, if it
>has a ' in it, it doesn't make it to the database. It doesn't even get
>chopped off, it just doesn't get inserted into the database. I can send
>any text fine, as long as it doesn't have a ' or ". Is this suppossed to
>happen? Is there an easy fix, or do I need to do an ereg_replace for my
>form data?

Check to see if you have MagicQuotes turned on in you php3.ini file (or set
at compile time). Alternately, use the AddSlashes() function.

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 Martin J. Koistinen
 Internet Technology Engineer
 Oilfield Marketing Support
 Sugar Land, TX 281-285-7847
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