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I\'m afraid this will be such a dumb question I\'ll be ashamed to return to these forums. But I can\'t resist. Having some difficulty understanding how to handle string variables. Let\'s say we have the following: $STRINGVAR = \'text group1 with \"double quotes\"\' . $stringvar1; If stringvar1 = \'Jim\'s BBQ\' it causes problems. Is there a way to define $stringvar1 so that PHP doesn\'t mistake the single quote in Jim\'s to be a terminating quote in the overall argument? I\'m I making sense? Should I go back on my meds?

There are several ways to get around this. Instead of listing them, may I point you to the PHP manual instead? bye, Dirk

Uh...thanks. I actually read the manual here. I don\'t think I understood it very well. I will be using an input variable that must allow for such things as single quotes. I tested my code by directly specifying a string with a value that contains a single quote. The code broke. When the single quote was removed, it worked perfectly. I\'m not putting something together here. Ill just keep at it. Thanks again.

To use quotes within a quoted string, you need to escape it, e.g. . However, when you use an input field and magic_quotes is on in your PHP config, then it's escaped automatically for you ... bye, Dirk