Input crash on read slashes

Question

I'm getting a problem with saving input to my DB.

I save my string to my DB as:

mysql_real_escape_string($my_string)

Then, I read and I place the string to the input using this:

stripslashes($my_string)

The point is, if I set double slashes into my string, the inputs crash like this:

<input maxlength = "150" type="text" name = "my_string12" value = "hello "this is" a test"  class="input-medium"/>

Thanks.

That should work. But I can't tell to my users to use single quotes instead double slashes... — Jack Johnson, May 04 '13 at 11:19

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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If the value as PHP variable then you have to trim it ..

Use the trim function:

$str = 'hello "this is" a test';
echo trim($str, '"'); // hello this is a test

answered by paul at here

edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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answered May 04 '13 at 11:33

matzone

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 04 '13 at 12:14

You Can Use

<?php echo addslashes('hello "this is" a test'); // hello \"this is\" a test ?>

an stripslashes to remove it

<?php echo stripslashes('hello \"this is\" a test'); // hello "this is" a test ?>

or just type it like this

value = 'hello "this is" a test' or value = "hello 'this is' a test"

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