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Posted by pihkal23 on 10/13/36 11:39
On 2006-02-08 11:10:53 +0000, pihkal23 said:
> Hi
>
> I am not a PHP user; I manage the server/ network for our business.
> We've employed web developers (chosen because they're friends of the
> MD) to build us a site and they've used PHP & MySQL to do it.
> The problem we have is that if we use an apostrophe when writing a
> product description or product title in the back office of our site,
> when that data is then used or carried through to another part of the
> site eg. a live product page or an order summary page, the apostrophe
> has a backslash before it. We have run into other issues with the use
> of various punctuation marks in the text fields of the back end of the
> site and have always been told by the developers that it is a fault of
> PHP and is common with PHP text fields.
>
> Now, as I said, I'm not a PHP user and certainly no expert. But I have
> installed and used Mambo Server, Wordpress, phpBB and a couple of other
> PHP MySQL products through my own curiosity and have done so
> successfully and have never experienced any of the issues we seem to be
> facing with these text boxes. I am growing increasingly suspicious of
> the level of competence of the developers and feel that they are making
> excuses for their inability. Can anyone tell me, from what I've said
> here, whether my suspicions are justified or is it the case that PHP is
> limited in these areas?
>
> Any help/ advice would be really appreciated,
>
> TIA
>
> pihkal23
Thank you for your responses, the links you provided certainly made
things clearer for me. I will be speaking to our developers tomorrow
but I think I need to start making some enquiries with some other
developers.
Thanks again,
pihkal23
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