Troy,
Try storing it as a blob. Use the urlencode() function in php
before sending it to the db, and use the urldecode() function when
grabbing it for disply.
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: Troy Oltmanns [mailto:toltmanns@stripped]
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 11:19 AM
To: php@stripped
Subject: Re: 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 Ω, 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*
