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Re: How to "quote code" in PHP? [message #174033 is a reply to message #174031]

Fri, 20 May 2011 00:47

Jeff North
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On Thu, 19 May 2011 23:31:47 +0100, in comp.lang.php "Mentalguy2k8"
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<ir45oo$mik$1(at)dont-email(dot)me> wrote:

> | I'm trying to put together a little page with a form, so that users can
> | "translate" any URL into the correct format for posting on a forum.
> |
> | For instance, they want to share a link and type in "www.google.com"
> | (without quotes) and the form turns it into "<a href="www.google.com"></a>"
> | (without the beginning and end quotes) and displays that as text, so that
> | they can copy/paste it into the forum post box. It will also include an
> | image-posting version so that it adds the "<img src" etc to an image URL.
> |
> | How do I "quote" the result so that it displays as plain text rather than a
> | mess? All I'm getting is a mess of blue code.

A "mess of blue code" could mean that you are not appending the
closing </a>.

To display the text you need to convert < to < and > to > so
your code would look like:
<a href="www.google.com"></a>
Have a look at htmlentities
http://au.php.net/manual/en/function.htmlentities.php

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		How to "quote code" in PHP? By: Mentalguy2k8 on Thu, 19 May 2011 22:31
		Re: How to "quote code" in PHP? By: Jeff North on Fri, 20 May 2011 00:47
		Re: How to "quote code" in PHP? By: Jerry Stuckle on Fri, 20 May 2011 01:47
		Re: How to "quote code" in PHP? By: alvaro.NOSPAMTHANX on Fri, 20 May 2011 07:34
		Re: How to "quote code" in PHP? By: Mentalguy2k8 on Fri, 20 May 2011 08:44
		Re: How to "quote code" in PHP? By: Michael Fesser on Fri, 20 May 2011 08:54
		Re: How to "quote code" in PHP? By: Jeff North on Fri, 20 May 2011 10:21
		Re: How to "quote code" in PHP? By: Mentalguy2k8 on Fri, 20 May 2011 16:21

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