[simone]

Ok im using templates for my new site, and i want to be able to use double quotes " . At the moment my html code looks like this ... <a href=page.html target=_blank> type thing, and it's annoying, so is there some code i can put somewhere use to be able to use the double quotes?

[NeverMind]

do you mean that you want to show double quotes in your pages or use them in HTMLs ?
if you want to display them you can use &quot;

[simone]

oh, i want to be able to use them in my template html, like i said at the moment my html looks like this <a href=page.html target=_blank> i want it looking like this <a href="page.php" target="blank">

So at the moment when i use " anywhere in my templates, im getting a parse error.

Oh and if it helps, my templates are stored in a mysql DB

[windwind]

Use singel quotes for your html

<a href='link url'>something here</a>

Run it through the validator and it'll validate.

If you want double quotes in your HTM you'll probably have to escape them with a backslash (\").

[simone]

ya, im picky i really dont want to use single qoutes or backslashes ....i know the double quotes can be done, because a few scripts i use, do it ..for example XMB

[blaw]

Hi there,

If I may jump in, I always use single quotes in PHP (except for SQL statements for some personal and practical reasons). This way, I don't have to worry about escaping every single double quotes in HTML. Downside of doing this is that you need to concatinate variables like this (thus a few more key strokes):

PHP Code:

$mystr = 'This is '.$myvar1.' and here is another '.$myvar2; 

But I actually like it. It's more syntax-highlighting friendly than this as you can see (same line in double quotes):

PHP Code:

$mystr = "This is $myvar1 and here is another $myvar2"; 

Another downside would be that you'd have to literally linebreak, tab, etc (all the escaping sequence), but I still think it's worth putting up with than escaping every single double quotes in HTML.

My 2 cents.

[0zone]

Originally Posted by simone

ya, im picky i really dont want to use single qoutes or backslashes ....i know the double quotes can be done, because a few scripts i use, do it ..for example XMB

Ok, first thing, what template engine are you using? and what error do you get when using double quotes?

[simone]

i've actually been able to get it working the way i want now, just mucked around a little with some codes, and its working fine. Thanks for your help anway guys

[nd2]

if it's mysql based remember to use addslashes() before entering it in to the database and stripslashes() when getting it out.
if you are using regular expressions use the special preg_quote() function to backspace any charactor with meaning.