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kkiely

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 6:12 am
Post subject: Why does "\" always appear in my forms?
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When i write a form-to-text file a "\" always appreas. Why is this?

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sp_bhuisman

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 6:12 am
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On 23 Jan 2004 03:12:00 GMT, Kkiely <kkiely.RemoveThis@aol.comnojunk> wrote:

 > When i write a form-to-text file a "\" always appreas. Why is this?

When POSTing a form, slashes are usually added before quote chracters like
" and '. I don't know whether this is added by the browser sending the
info or the server recieving it, but they happen. Perhaps someone could
enlighten me on that.

Anyway, Duende has it right if you're using PHP to handle the form input.
Use the stripslashes() function to get rid of those nasty slashes. But if
you're planning on putting that form input into a SQL database don't
forget to add them back in with addslashes() !

Grey

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 6:47 am
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"Kkiely" <kkiely.DeleteThis@aol.comnojunk> wrote in message
news:20040122221200.22719.00000603@mb-m18.aol.com...

 > When i write a form-to-text file a "\" always appreas. Why is this?

You need to trim your fingernails. They are catching on the \ button (just
above Enter) when you save the file.

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 6:57 am
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While sitting in a puddle Kkiely scribbled in the mud:

 > When i write a form-to-text file a "\" always appreas. Why is this?

If it's a php script look into stripslashes()

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 9:19 pm
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kkiely.RemoveThis@aol.comnojunk (Kkiely) said:

 > When i write a form-to-text file a "\" always appreas.

its the backslash gods. so named due to their technique with the sword
when decapitating their worshipers.

 > Why is this?

some characters need to be escaped before doing fun things like writing
them to a db. your scripting language may add them by default on method
post whether they're needed or not.

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alan

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 1:10 am
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Carved in mystic runes upon the very living rock, the last words of Duende
of alt.www.webmaster make plain:

 > While sitting in a puddle Kkiely scribbled in the mud:
 >
  >> When i write a form-to-text file a "\" always appreas. Why is this?
 >
 > If it's a php script look into stripslashes()

Or better yet, turn off magic_quotes in your PHP configuration. I love PHP
dearly, but there are a few things about it that are just plain irritating.

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(Msg. 7) Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 3:22 pm
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GreyWyvern wrote:
 >
 > On 23 Jan 2004 03:12:00 GMT, Kkiely <kkiely RemoveThis @aol.comnojunk> wrote:
 >
  > > When i write a form-to-text file a "\" always appreas. Why is this?
 >
 > When POSTing a form, slashes are usually added before quote chracters like
 > " and '. I don't know whether this is added by the browser sending the
 > info or the server recieving it, but they happen. Perhaps someone could
 > enlighten me on that.
 >
 > Anyway, Duende has it right if you're using PHP to handle the form input.
 > Use the stripslashes() function to get rid of those nasty slashes. But if
 > you're planning on putting that form input into a SQL database don't
 > forget to add them back in with addslashes() !
 >
 > Grey
 >
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 > pitfall corollory that nothing is ridiculous.
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Actually, SQL doesn't use backslashes as escape characters.

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(Msg. 8) Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 3:30 pm
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On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:22:23 -0500, Jerry Stuckle
<jstucklex DeleteThis @attglobal.net> wrote:

 > GreyWyvern wrote:
  >>
  >> On 23 Jan 2004 03:12:00 GMT, Kkiely <kkiely DeleteThis @aol.comnojunk> wrote:
  >>
   >> > When i write a form-to-text file a "\" always appreas. Why is this?
  >>
  >> When POSTing a form, slashes are usually added before quote chracters
  >> like
  >> " and '. I don't know whether this is added by the browser sending the
  >> info or the server recieving it, but they happen. Perhaps someone could
  >> enlighten me on that.
  >>
  >> Anyway, Duende has it right if you're using PHP to handle the form
  >> input.
  >> Use the stripslashes() function to get rid of those nasty slashes. But
  >> if
  >> you're planning on putting that form input into a SQL database don't
  >> forget to add them back in with addslashes() !
  >>
 >
 > Actually, SQL doesn't use backslashes as escape characters.

You're right, it doesn't. But the queries sent by the PHP function
mysql_query() do if you use ""! Smile What's troubling about that is that
you'll get no error message from MySQL if a query fails because it's not
escaped properly through PHP.

I remember wondering for a long while why my INSERTs weren't working when
one of the fields I was trying to input contained a single quote '
character.

Grey

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(Msg. 9) Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 8:01 pm
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GreyWyvern wrote:
 > On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:22:23 -0500, Jerry Stuckle
 > <jstucklex.TakeThisOut@attglobal.net> wrote:
 >
  >> GreyWyvern wrote:
  >>
   >>>
   >>> On 23 Jan 2004 03:12:00 GMT, Kkiely <kkiely.TakeThisOut@aol.comnojunk> wrote:
   >>>
   >>> > When i write a form-to-text file a "\" always appreas. Why is this?
   >>>
   >>> When POSTing a form, slashes are usually added before quote chracters
   >>> like
   >>> " and '. I don't know whether this is added by the browser sending the
   >>> info or the server recieving it, but they happen. Perhaps someone could
   >>> enlighten me on that.
   >>>
   >>> Anyway, Duende has it right if you're using PHP to handle the form
   >>> input.
   >>> Use the stripslashes() function to get rid of those nasty slashes.
   >>> But if
   >>> you're planning on putting that form input into a SQL database don't
   >>> forget to add them back in with addslashes() !
   >>>
  >>
  >> Actually, SQL doesn't use backslashes as escape characters.
 >
 >
 > You're right, it doesn't. But the queries sent by the PHP function
 > mysql_query() do if you use ""! Smile What's troubling about that is that
 > you'll get no error message from MySQL if a query fails because it's not
 > escaped properly through PHP.
 >
 > I remember wondering for a long while why my INSERTs weren't working
 > when one of the fields I was trying to input contained a single quote '
 > character.

First thing I do when I have a mysql problem is echo the sql statement
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