[FX.php List] Problem with moving some text

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http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.htmlentities.php

Bob Patin had written:
> I'm trying to do the following:
> 
> Take text from a variable, use a GET form to move this variable  content 
> (called "$body") into a form textarea field so it can be edited.
> 
> So here's the scenario:
> 
> The text is displayed on the screen in a table; it may or may not  
> contain quotes and apostrophes.
> 
> I put a little GET form on the screen with nothing but a couple of  
> hidden fields and a SUBMIT button. This form takes the displayed text  
> (which is in "$body") and puts it into a hidden field which I call  
> "quoted".
> 
> Then the form calls the same page, which does this
> 
> $quoted = $_GET['body'];
> 
> and then I want to plug $quoted into a field so that it can be edited  
> or quoted.
> 
> The problem is this: if $quoted contains any quotation marks or  
> single-quotes, it gets truncated. So instead of seeing this:
> 
> The car is a "blue" car
> 
> I see this instead:
> 
> The car is a
> 
> in the text edit field.
> 
> How do I pass this text into a hidden field, and then put it into a  
> textarea field, so that all of it is displayed and not truncated?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bob Patin
> Longterm Solutions
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