On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Gary Nielson wrote: > Hi, > > I noticed a problem with a cgi script I am writing that generates a > form. The user fills out the form, the contents of which I use in other > programs. If the user wants to edit her form, she simply later calls up > the script using the query string environment variable tacked on to the > end of the script, as in script.cgi?formname. Works great. > > However, I am having a problem with double quotation marks being used > inside html brackets. The form is such that some users want to be able to > put in their custom html code inside certain fields. If the html tags do > not contain quotation marks (as in <table border=0>, the field contents > are imported back into the form just fine. But if she adds double > quotation marks (as in <table border="0">, the contents imported into the > field are all screwwed up. > > For example, here is what it looks like when you import data in my cgi > script into a field in an html form. > > This is a test of html code. > <table border=2> > <TR> > <TD> > test > </td></tr></table> > > and look how part of the code repeats itself and adds a "> in there when > you add quotes around the number 2: > > <TR> > <TD> > test > </td></tr></table>">This is a test of html code. > <table border="2"> > <TR> > <TD> > test > </td></tr></table> > > How can I fix this? I tried escaping the quotation marks in my variable > for that field, substituting \" for ", but that did not work. I could tell > my users not to use quotation marks within brackets, but I would hate to > restrict them needlessly. Any advice, suggestions appreciated. > Without seeing the code that is handing/mishandling the quote characters it it difficult to suggest how it might be modified to work correctly. **** [EMAIL PROTECTED] <Carl Jolley> **** All opinions are my own and not necessarily those of my employer **** _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-users
