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PHP Apostrophes Problem

Sep 25th, 2007

I have a site that I host for a client that is having problems with the apostrophes in the text it draws from the database. Here is a link to the live site that is having the issue. I think it has to do with the addslashes php function but I am not sure. If it is a global php setting please let me know. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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<?
 
include_once('./db.php');
 
function Get_Nix()
{
    $sql = "SELECT * FROM nix WHERE position IS NOT null ORDER BY position ASC LIMIT 1";
    $result = mysql_query($sql);
    $numRows = mysql_num_rows($result);
    if($numRows == 0)
    {
        echo "Sorry, no nixit is available this month.";
    }
    else
    {
        while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result))
            {
                extract($row);
                $nix = nl2br($nix);
?>                
 
                        <p class="small"><? 
                            echo $title."<br><br>"; 
                            echo $nix."&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src=\"../images/house.gif\" border=\"0\">";
 
                        ?></p>
 
<?                    
            }    
    }
}
 
function Get_TAT()
{
    $sql = "SELECT * FROM tip WHERE position IS NOT null ORDER BY position ASC LIMIT 2";
    $result = mysql_query($sql);
    $numRows = mysql_num_rows($result);
    if($numRows == 0)
    {
        #echo "Sorry, no departments were found.";
    }
    else
    {
        while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result))
            {
                extract($row);
                $tip = nl2br($tip);
?>                
                 <p class="bodystyle"><? echo $title."<br><br>"; 
                 echo $tip."&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src=\"../images/house.gif\" border=\"0\">" ?></p><br><br>
 
<?                    
            }    
    }
}
?>
 
 
<HTML><!-- InstanceBegin template="/Templates/inside.dwt.php" codeOutsideHTMLIsLocked="false" -->
<HEAD>
<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="doctitle" -->
<TITLE>Ask Priscilla</TITLE>
<!-- InstanceEndEditable --> 
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="head" --><!-- InstanceEndEditable -->
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">
<!--
function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
  var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
    var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
    if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}}
}
 
function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0
  var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;
}
 
function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
  var p,i,x;  if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
    d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
  if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
  for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
  if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x;
}
 
function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0
  var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3)
   if ((x=MM_findObj(a[i]))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];}
}
//-->
</script>
<link href="../main.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
</HEAD>
 
<BODY LEFTMARGIN=0 TOPMARGIN=0 MARGINWIDTH=0 MARGINHEIGHT=0 onLoad="MM_preloadImages('../images/navigation_contact_r.gif','../images/navigation_home_r.gif','../images/navigation_ask_r.gif','../images/navigation_news_r.gif','../images/navigation_read_r.gif','../images/navigation_book_r.gif','../images/navigation_bio_r.gif')">
<a name="top"></a> 
<table width="100%" height="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
  <tr> 
    <td align="left" valign="top" height="5"><table width="100%" height="99" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
        <tr bgcolor="0A4903"> 
          <td align="left"><IMG SRC="../images/top_bar_priscilla.jpg" ALT="" WIDTH=138 HEIGHT=99 border="0"></td>
          <td align="center"><a href="../index.php"><IMG SRC="../images/top_bar_ask.gif" ALT="" WIDTH=305 HEIGHT=99 border="0"></a></td>
          <td align="right" bgcolor="0A4903"><img src="../images/top_bar_book.gif" width="279" height="99" border="0" usemap="#Map" href="#http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=ZYw1F6Dw0Z&amp;isbn=1890206210&amp;itm=1"></td>
        </tr>
      </table></td>
  </tr>
  <tr> 
    <td align="left" valign="top"><table width="100%" height="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
        <tr> 
          <td width="131" rowspan="3" align="left" valign="top" background="../images/inside_shading.jpg"> 
            <TABLE WIDTH=131 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
              <TR> 
                <TD width="131" background="../images/inside_shading.jpg"> 
                  <a href="../index.php" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image1','','../images/navigation_home_r.gif',1)" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()"><IMG SRC="../images/navigation_home.gif" ALT="" name="Image1" WIDTH=131 HEIGHT=28 border="0" id="Image1"></a></TD>
              </TR>
              <TR> 
                <TD> <a href="ask_priscilla.php" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image13','','../images/navigation_ask_r.gif',1)"><img src="../images/navigation_ask.gif" name="Image13" width="131" height="27" border="0"></a></TD>
              </TR>
              <TR> 
                <TD> <a href="ask_news.php" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image14','','../images/navigation_news_r.gif',1)"><img src="../images/navigation_news.gif" name="Image14" width="131" height="27" border="0"></a></TD>
              </TR>
              <TR> 
                <TD> <a href="book_samplings.php" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image15','','../images/navigation_read_r.gif',1)"><img src="../images/navigation_read.gif" name="Image15" width="131" height="27" border="0"></a></TD>
              </TR>
              <TR> 
                <TD><a href="priscilla_book.php" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image16','','../images/navigation_book_r.gif',1)"><img src="../images/navigation_book.gif" name="Image16" width="131" height="27" border="0"></a></TD>
              </TR>
              <TR> 
                <TD> <a href="author_bio.php" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image17','','../images/navigation_bio_r.gif',1)"><img src="../images/navigation_bio.gif" name="Image17" width="131" height="27" border="0"></a></TD>
              </TR>
              <TR> 
                <TD> <a href="contact.php" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image18','','../images/navigation_contact_r.gif',1)"><img src="../images/navigation_contact.gif" name="Image18" width="131" height="32" border="0"></a></TD>
              </TR>
            </TABLE></td>
          <td align="left" valign="top" background="../images/inside_shading.jpg"><table width="475" height="100%" border="0" align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="10">
              <tr> 
                <td align="left" valign="top" class="bodystyle"><!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="main body" --> 
                  <img src="../images/head_news.gif" border="0"> <br>
                  <? Get_TAT(); ?>
                  <!-- InstanceEndEditable --> </td>
              </tr>
            </table> </td>
          <td width="206" rowspan="3" align="left" valign="top" background="../images/inside_bar.gif"><IMG SRC="../images/inside_bar_shading.gif" WIDTH=206 HEIGHT=8 ALT=""><br> 
            <table width="200" border="0" align="right" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="10" class="sidebar">
              <tr> 
                <td align="left" valign="top"><!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="sidebar" --> 
                  <img src="../images/head_nixit.gif" width="92" height="36" border="0"><br>
                  <? Get_Nix(); ?>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  <hr size="1" noshade>
                  <span class="small"><strong>* Nix&middot;it (nicks &middot; 
                  it) v.</strong><br>
                  1. to do away with, especially when it comes to home decorating.<br>
                  2. to ignore a hideous trend.</span><!-- InstanceEndEditable --></td>
              </tr>
            </table></td>
        </tr>
 
        <tr>
          <td align="left" valign="bottom"><table width="100%" border="0" align="left" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
              <tr> 
                <td> <div align="right" class="small"><a href="#top">Top of Page</a></div></td>
              </tr>
              <tr> 
                <td><div align="center" class="small"><a href="../index.php">Ask 
                    Priscilla Home </a>| <a href="ask_priscilla.php">Ask 
                    Priscilla! </a> | <a href="ask_news.php">News 
                    &amp; Views</a> | <a href="book_samplings.php">Read 
                    the Book!</a> | <a href="priscilla_book.php">Book 
                    Reviews </a> | <a href="author_bio.php">About 
                    Priscilla</a> | <a href="contact.php">Contact 
                    Priscilla</a><br>
                    &copy; 2004 Priscilla Kohutek. All Rights Reserved.</div></td>
              </tr>
            </table></td>
        </tr>
      </table></td>
  </tr>
</table>
<map name="Map">
  <area shape="rect" coords="25,85,127,94" href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=ZYw1F6Dw0Z&isbn=1890206210&itm=1" target="_blank">
  <area shape="rect" coords="100,61,129,70" href="buy_book.php">
</map>
<script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
_uacct = "UA-1400200-1";
urchinTracker();
</script>
</BODY>
<!-- InstanceEnd --></HTML>
<?

include_once('./db.php');

function Get_Nix()
{
    $sql = "SELECT * FROM nix WHERE position IS NOT null ORDER BY position ASC LIMIT 1";
    $result = mysql_query($sql);
    $numRows = mysql_num_rows($result);
    if($numRows == 0)
    {
        echo "Sorry, no nixit is available this month.";
    }
    else
    {
        while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result))
            {
                extract($row);
                $nix = nl2br($nix);
?>                

                        <p class="small"><? 
                            echo $title."<br><br>"; 
                            echo $nix."&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src=\"../images/house.gif\" border=\"0\">";
                        
                        ?></p>
                
<?                    
            }    
    }
}

function Get_TAT()
{
    $sql = "SELECT * FROM tip WHERE position IS NOT null ORDER BY position ASC LIMIT 2";
    $result = mysql_query($sql);
    $numRows = mysql_num_rows($result);
    if($numRows == 0)
    {
        #echo "Sorry, no departments were found.";
    }
    else
    {
        while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result))
            {
                extract($row);
                $tip = nl2br($tip);
?>                
                 <p class="bodystyle"><? echo $title."<br><br>"; 
                 echo $tip."&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src=\"../images/house.gif\" border=\"0\">" ?></p><br><br>
                     
<?                    
            }    
    }
}
?>


<HTML><!-- InstanceBegin template="/Templates/inside.dwt.php" codeOutsideHTMLIsLocked="false" -->
<HEAD>
<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="doctitle" -->
<TITLE>Ask Priscilla</TITLE>
<!-- InstanceEndEditable --> 
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="head" --><!-- InstanceEndEditable -->
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">
<!--
function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
  var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
    var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
    if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}}
}

function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0
  var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;
}

function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
  var p,i,x;  if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
    d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
  if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
  for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
  if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x;
}

function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0
  var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3)
   if ((x=MM_findObj(a[i]))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];}
}
//-->
</script>
<link href="../main.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
</HEAD>

<BODY LEFTMARGIN=0 TOPMARGIN=0 MARGINWIDTH=0 MARGINHEIGHT=0 onLoad="MM_preloadImages('../images/navigation_contact_r.gif','../images/navigation_home_r.gif','../images/navigation_ask_r.gif','../images/navigation_news_r.gif','../images/navigation_read_r.gif','../images/navigation_book_r.gif','../images/navigation_bio_r.gif')">
<a name="top"></a> 
<table width="100%" height="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
  <tr> 
    <td align="left" valign="top" height="5"><table width="100%" height="99" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
        <tr bgcolor="0A4903"> 
          <td align="left"><IMG SRC="../images/top_bar_priscilla.jpg" ALT="" WIDTH=138 HEIGHT=99 border="0"></td>
          <td align="center"><a href="../index.php"><IMG SRC="../images/top_bar_ask.gif" ALT="" WIDTH=305 HEIGHT=99 border="0"></a></td>
          <td align="right" bgcolor="0A4903"><img src="../images/top_bar_book.gif" width="279" height="99" border="0" usemap="#Map" href="#http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=ZYw1F6Dw0Z&amp;isbn=1890206210&amp;itm=1"></td>
        </tr>
      </table></td>
  </tr>
  <tr> 
    <td align="left" valign="top"><table width="100%" height="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
        <tr> 
          <td width="131" rowspan="3" align="left" valign="top" background="../images/inside_shading.jpg"> 
            <TABLE WIDTH=131 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
              <TR> 
                <TD width="131" background="../images/inside_shading.jpg"> 
                  <a href="../index.php" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image1','','../images/navigation_home_r.gif',1)" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()"><IMG SRC="../images/navigation_home.gif" ALT="" name="Image1" WIDTH=131 HEIGHT=28 border="0" id="Image1"></a></TD>
              </TR>
              <TR> 
                <TD> <a href="ask_priscilla.php" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image13','','../images/navigation_ask_r.gif',1)"><img src="../images/navigation_ask.gif" name="Image13" width="131" height="27" border="0"></a></TD>
              </TR>
              <TR> 
                <TD> <a href="ask_news.php" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image14','','../images/navigation_news_r.gif',1)"><img src="../images/navigation_news.gif" name="Image14" width="131" height="27" border="0"></a></TD>
              </TR>
              <TR> 
                <TD> <a href="book_samplings.php" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image15','','../images/navigation_read_r.gif',1)"><img src="../images/navigation_read.gif" name="Image15" width="131" height="27" border="0"></a></TD>
              </TR>
              <TR> 
                <TD><a href="priscilla_book.php" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image16','','../images/navigation_book_r.gif',1)"><img src="../images/navigation_book.gif" name="Image16" width="131" height="27" border="0"></a></TD>
              </TR>
              <TR> 
                <TD> <a href="author_bio.php" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image17','','../images/navigation_bio_r.gif',1)"><img src="../images/navigation_bio.gif" name="Image17" width="131" height="27" border="0"></a></TD>
              </TR>
              <TR> 
                <TD> <a href="contact.php" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image18','','../images/navigation_contact_r.gif',1)"><img src="../images/navigation_contact.gif" name="Image18" width="131" height="32" border="0"></a></TD>
              </TR>
            </TABLE></td>
          <td align="left" valign="top" background="../images/inside_shading.jpg"><table width="475" height="100%" border="0" align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="10">
              <tr> 
                <td align="left" valign="top" class="bodystyle"><!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="main body" --> 
                  <img src="../images/head_news.gif" border="0"> <br>
                  <? Get_TAT(); ?>
                  <!-- InstanceEndEditable --> </td>
              </tr>
            </table> </td>
          <td width="206" rowspan="3" align="left" valign="top" background="../images/inside_bar.gif"><IMG SRC="../images/inside_bar_shading.gif" WIDTH=206 HEIGHT=8 ALT=""><br> 
            <table width="200" border="0" align="right" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="10" class="sidebar">
              <tr> 
                <td align="left" valign="top"><!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="sidebar" --> 
                  <img src="../images/head_nixit.gif" width="92" height="36" border="0"><br>
                  <? Get_Nix(); ?>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  <hr size="1" noshade>
                  <span class="small"><strong>* Nix&middot;it (nicks &middot; 
                  it) v.</strong><br>
                  1. to do away with, especially when it comes to home decorating.<br>
                  2. to ignore a hideous trend.</span><!-- InstanceEndEditable --></td>
              </tr>
            </table></td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
          <td align="left" valign="bottom"><table width="100%" border="0" align="left" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
              <tr> 
                <td> <div align="right" class="small"><a href="#top">Top of Page</a></div></td>
              </tr>
              <tr> 
                <td><div align="center" class="small"><a href="../index.php">Ask 
                    Priscilla Home </a>| <a href="ask_priscilla.php">Ask 
                    Priscilla! </a> | <a href="ask_news.php">News 
                    &amp; Views</a> | <a href="book_samplings.php">Read 
                    the Book!</a> | <a href="priscilla_book.php">Book 
                    Reviews </a> | <a href="author_bio.php">About 
                    Priscilla</a> | <a href="contact.php">Contact 
                    Priscilla</a><br>
                    &copy; 2004 Priscilla Kohutek. All Rights Reserved.</div></td>
              </tr>
            </table></td>
        </tr>
      </table></td>
  </tr>
</table>
<map name="Map">
  <area shape="rect" coords="25,85,127,94" href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=ZYw1F6Dw0Z&isbn=1890206210&itm=1" target="_blank">
  <area shape="rect" coords="100,61,129,70" href="buy_book.php">
</map>
<script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
_uacct = "UA-1400200-1";
urchinTracker();
</script>
</BODY>
<!-- InstanceEnd --></HTML>

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Re: PHP Apostrophes Problem

Sep 25th, 2007

what exactly is wrong with the text when its displayed on the page?

Last edited by kkeith29; Sep 25th, 2007 at 6:25 pm.

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Re: PHP Apostrophes Problem

Sep 25th, 2007

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what exactly is wrong with the text when its displayed on the page?

In places where there is supposed to be a comma or a an apostraphie there are the wrong characters. Take a look at the second line. There is supposed to be a comma after abuse and an apostraphie in that's.

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Re: PHP Apostrophes Problem

Sep 25th, 2007

i have never seen this before when i input commas and apostrophes but maybe this will help. Since you are having problems, replace the commas in the database text with the special html code

commas:

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