Double Quotes In Text Input
I accept text, add_slashes, and store it in my MySQL DB. When I display
the text, I normally strip_slashes and also strip_tags. This all works
excepts for a field with double quotes. e.g.
"My Book's Title" is very simple
When I display this field, it is totally blank. What's the solution?
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