RE: [PHP] updating pages with php
I have a web page with a simple introductory paragraph on it. I was going to store the paragraph in a mySQL DB and create an administration page so people could easily edit the paragraph itself or change it all together. The problem I ran into is that mySQL will not allow certain punctuation inside of a record (no comma's). So now I am left trying to figure out how I can have the user update the paragraph without having it in a db. Can someone shoot me in the proper direction? Thanks in advance, your help is greatly appreciated. MySQL will allow any characters; the problem is in your code. ---John W. Holmes... PHP Architect - A monthly magazine for PHP Professionals. Get your copy today. http://www.phparch.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] updating pages with php
When I take the comma's out it works. then I try to put them back in and it will not work. What I have discovered is that I can manually type it in the mysql server with whatever characters I want, but when I try to update it with a sql file or via the webpage I created with the comma's it gives me errors. I take them out of the sql text and webpage and it works fine. From: John W. Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Tyler Durdin' [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] updating pages with php Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 13:23:00 -0500 I have a web page with a simple introductory paragraph on it. I was going to store the paragraph in a mySQL DB and create an administration page so people could easily edit the paragraph itself or change it all together. The problem I ran into is that mySQL will not allow certain punctuation inside of a record (no comma's). So now I am left trying to figure out how I can have the user update the paragraph without having it in a db. Can someone shoot me in the proper direction? Thanks in advance, your help is greatly appreciated. MySQL will allow any characters; the problem is in your code. ---John W. Holmes... PHP Architect - A monthly magazine for PHP Professionals. Get your copy today. http://www.phparch.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php _ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] updating pages with php
The problem I ran into is that mySQL will not allow certain punctuation inside of a record (no comma's). So now I am left trying to figure out how I can have the user update the paragraph without having it in a db. Can someone shoot me in the proper direction? Thanks in advance, your help is greatly appreciated. Don't forget to escape apostrophes and double quotation marks where needed. Also, check the actual MySQL. If it contains things like double quotation marks or greater- or less-than tags, it may be misinterpreted by your browser when output. A line like: INPUT TYPE = TEXT VALUE = $result[0] could come out like: INPUT TYPE = TEXT VALUE = Example text that screws up $%#$ there it is or even in non-form tags. Try checking both MySQL and the output code in your browser. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] updating pages with php
What I have discovered is that I can manually type it in the mysql server with whatever characters I want, but when I try to update it with a sql file or via the webpage I created with the comma's it gives me errors. I take them out of the sql text and webpage and it works fine. The problem can't be with the commas. Post the query here, or try an SQL list. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] updating pages with php
$Query = UPDATE $TableName SET Intro_Title = '$Intro_Title', Intro = '$Intro' WHERE ID = '$ID'; From: Liam Gibbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: php list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] updating pages with php Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 13:33:11 -0500 What I have discovered is that I can manually type it in the mysql server with whatever characters I want, but when I try to update it with a sql file or via the webpage I created with the comma's it gives me errors. I take them out of the sql text and webpage and it works fine. The problem can't be with the commas. Post the query here, or try an SQL list. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] updating pages with php
$Query = UPDATE $TableName SET Intro_Title = '$Intro_Title', Intro = '$Intro' WHERE ID = '$ID'; But what's being sent to SQL? What's contained in $TableName, $Intro_Title, etc.? And what data types are all those fields? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] updating pages with php
They are all text fields. Intro title is just a line of text that says Welcome to this website... Intro, is the text of the introduction. You are correct and it is apostophe's and not comma's that cause the error. What do I do to get around that? From: Liam Gibbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: php list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] updating pages with php Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 13:44:40 -0500 $Query = UPDATE $TableName SET Intro_Title = '$Intro_Title', Intro = '$Intro' WHERE ID = '$ID'; But what's being sent to SQL? What's contained in $TableName, $Intro_Title, etc.? And what data types are all those fields? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] updating pages with php
Before you save the paragraph into the db, use the addslashes() function like this: $textVar = addslashes($textVar); That escapes all the characters like commas, return and whatever else MySQL may have trouble with. The reverse the process before you display it: nl2br(stripslashes($textVar)) The nl2br() function will change all new lines (returns) to the html equivalent br /. On Wednesday, March 5, 2003, at 01:19 PM, Tyler Durdin wrote: I have a web page with a simple introductory paragraph on it. I was going to store the paragraph in a mySQL DB and create an administration page so people could easily edit the paragraph itself or change it all together. The problem I ran into is that mySQL will not allow certain punctuation inside of a record (no comma's). So now I am left trying to figure out how I can have the user update the paragraph without having it in a db. Can someone shoot me in the proper direction? Thanks in advance, your help is greatly appreciated. bk _ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- Brent Baisley Systems Architect Landover Associates, Inc. Search Advisory Services for Advanced Technology Environments p: 212.759.6400/800.759.0577 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] updating pages with php
You are correct and it is apostophe's and not comma's that cause the error. What do I do to get around that? Escape them by putting a slash in front of them. If you have a line of text that says 'This is the problem area I don't want to screw up', put 'This is the problem area I don\'t want to screw up'. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
