Include single quote to string

Question

I want to have a dropdown from MySQL data where I want , including the two single quotes to pass it into a que

Answer 1

From the MySQL manual:

There are several ways to include quote characters within a string:

• A “'” inside a string quoted with “'” may be written as “''”.

• A “"” inside a string quoted with “"” may be written as “""”.

• Precede the quote character by an escape character (“\”).

• A “'” inside a string quoted with “"” needs no special treatment and need not be doubled or escaped. In the same way, “"” inside a string quoted with “'” needs no special treatment.

When coding in php, remember to use \\ in a string literal to get a single \ in the string value.

If you want to escape the quote in an HTML attribute, replace the ' with ". Alternatively, quote the attribute value with ". These are the techniques to use regardless of where the string value came from. See this thread.