[PHP-DB] html input element rendering html entities
Hey guys and gals, I have a little tricky situation so I will explain as best as I can. I've got a form that loads and saves product data to mysql. In some fields like the heading and subhead we use special characters like Omega, Registered Trademark, and Ampersand. When putting the data in I will encode them as Omega;, etc. Once saved, all is good, everything goes ok and will display correctly in the user interface. However, if I go back to edit that product, in the html input element, it will actually display the character rather than the entity code (although when checking the source, the html entity is coded correctly). Then when it is saved, it saves as the illegal character and will serve up a few funky characters in the user interface and in the database. I have the code stripping out tags and I tried to use the mysql_real_escape_string to no avail. Anyone have experience with this kind of thing? PHP Version 5.1.6*MySQL 5.0.19*
Re: [PHP-DB] html input element rendering html entities
That's the thing, it is being saved the same way, it's that when the page loads the data the input element automatically changes the display to the special character, and when it saves, it saves as that character. On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Govinda govinda.webdnat...@gmail.comwrote: I've got a form that loads and saves product data to mysql. In some fields like the heading and subhead we use special characters like Omega, Registered Trademark, and Ampersand. When putting the data in I will encode them as Omega;, etc. Once saved, all is good, everything goes ok and will display correctly in the user interface. However, if I go back to edit that product, in the html input element, it will actually display the character rather than the entity code (although when checking the source, the html entity is coded correctly). Then when it is saved, it saves as the illegal character I am newbie here, but isn't it that you just need to save at this ^^ point the same way that you saved the data in the first place? If it worked the first time, why not now? and will serve up a few funky characters in the user interface and in the database. I have the code stripping out tags and I tried to use the mysql_real_escape_string to no avail. Anyone have experience with this kind of thing? PHP Version 5.1.6*MySQL 5.0.19* Govinda govinda.webdnat...@gmail.com -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP-DB] MSsql madness
Hey php-dbers, I have a helper script that connects to an MSsql database to select retailer location information, which is then processed into mysql statements to be inserted into another remote database (this one MYsql). Currently it is ran manually from a windows system that was preconfigured (prior to my arrival). It's my task to get it integrated into a linux installation so that it can be set up under crontab to execute daily. My issue is that in testing (I am running MAMP on mac 10.6.7) the mssql functions are not available out of the box. Since I am not a formal programmer, this is compounded by the fact that the process to configure build and install is completely foreign to me. I followed some instruction ( http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/mssql+mamp+php+mac+osx) to download freetds and I tried to run the first command (./configure --prefix=/Applications/MAMP/Library --with-tdsver=8.0 --sysconfdir=/Applications/MAMP/conf/freetds) with my appropriate information, and I am given this error: configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH See `config.log' for more details. In doing more research, many say that gcc should be already installed on my mac, but it's not. Other posts say you can get it in xcode, but Apple now forces you to pay $100 to get apple dev tools... yeah right! I found GCC at *gcc*.gnu.org, but when trying to run (../gcc-4.6.0/configure) it runs into another issue checking for cl.exe... no configure: error: in `/Users/toltmanns/Downloads/gcc': configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH See `config.log' for more details. Tell me, how in the world are you suppose to compile a c compiler when you dont have one yet? Any direction would be helpful. Are there alternative ways to interact with MSsql? Thanks, Troy Oltmanns
