[FX.php List] Problem with moving some text

[Joel Shapiro]

Hi Bob

Out of curiosity -- if you're using a form, why are you using GET  
instead of POST?

-Joel


On Nov 7, 2006, at 12:50 PM, Bob Patin wrote:

> 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
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