On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 10:59 PM, Glob Design Info <i...@globdesign.com>wrote:
> Already did that. I printed the form values in the PHP script after they > are received and they print exactly as entered in the form. Even checked > for extra spaces. > > Any functions I can pass the values to to remove the magic quotes? > > Thanks, You would see the quotes if they were there in the output. There's no reason why it should not work this way, though I doubt it's safe to do. Can you show us the rest of the code, including the HTML form? And exactly what error are you getting? (eg. from mysql_error()) > > > On 4/19/13 1:47 PM, Matijn Woudt wrote: > >> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 10:43 PM, Glob Design Info <i...@globdesign.com >> >wrote: >> >> I know this has probably been answered already. >>> >>> When I pass a user name and password from a form to my PHP script and >>> then >>> pass those to mysql_connect it doesn't connect. When I paste those exact >>> same values into mysql_connect as string literals it works. >>> >>> Can anyone tell me why this happens? >>> >>> I know the strings are identical to the literals I try in a test but they >>> don't work when submitted via form. >>> >>> $form_user = $_POST[ 'user' ]; >>> $form_pass = $_POST[ 'password' ]; >>> >>> # Connect to remote DB >>> >>> $LINK = mysql_connect( $host, $form_user, $form_pass ); >>> >>> And yes, my $host param is correct. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> >>> Try printing the $form_user and form_pass values, it might be that it's >> just an error elsewhere, maybe field name is different in the html? >> Otherwise, it might be you have some php init setting, like magic quotes >> that does something with the input data. >> >> - Matijn >> >> >
