Problems with <A href=\"http and \">

How can I strip out charactors like =\" - I want to get rid of the \ out of the code.

I am using InnovaStudio WYSIWYG Editor and using that for formating html emails to send to subscribers.

When I get the emails it looks like the following:

<DIV>This is our last test of this message system, we hope that the url function is now working correctly.</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><A href=\"http://www.photosales.co.nz\" target=_blank>http://www.photosales.co.nz</A></DIV>

Code (markup):

I have been trying to follow the following guide http://www.confuci.us/edit/documentation/default_start.htm with no success - I still can not get rid of those back slashes.

Any ideas please....

I have the following for the textarea:

	
<textarea name="msg" id="article" rows=4 cols=30>
<?
function encodeHTML($sHTML)
{
$sHTML=ereg_replace("&","&amp;",$sHTML);
$sHTML=ereg_replace("<","&lt;",$sHTML);
$sHTML=ereg_replace(">","&gt;",$sHTML);
return $sHTML;
}

if(isset($_POST["msg"]))
{
$sContent=stripslashes($_POST['msg']); //Remove slashes
echo encodeHTML($sContent);
}
?>
</textarea>

Code (markup):

Which I thought would strip the slashes out.

 

Is there any simple way to get rid of the backslashes?

 

stripslashes()

 

He used that already, but he may need to use it twice.

Also, you can use htmlspecialchars to do the conversion of tags from < to &lt; etc...

 

Sorry, bit lost there.

Below is the file that the form is being sent to for emailing:

<?php

$db_host = $_POST['host'];
$db_user = $_POST['username'];
$db_pass = $_POST['password'];
$db_name = $_POST['db'];
$body = $_POST['msg'];
$sub = $_POST['subject'];
$table = $_POST['table'];
$row = $_POST['row'];
$from = $_POST['from'];
$return = $_POST['return'];


 // CONNNECT TO DATABASE
$dbDB = mysql_connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass) or die("ERROR: Could not connect to backend database.");  
mysql_select_db($db_name) or die("ERROR: Could not select control database."); 

// Pull emails
$results = mysql_query("SELECT $row FROM $table") or die("Could not pull emails<br>".mysql_error());
$sent = mysql_num_rows($results);

if($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($results)) {
                
    do {
        
        
        $email_body = $body;
        
        $subject = $sub;
        
        $email_header = "From: $from\n";
        $email_header .= "X-Priority: 3\n"; //1 UrgentMessage, 3 Normal
        $email_header .= "Return-Path: <$return>\n";
        $email_header .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";
        
        mail($row["email"], $subject, $email_body, $email_header);
        
    } while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($results));
        
        
} else {
    echo "No Email Addresses to send.";
} ?> Your message has been sent<br>
<br><?php echo(  $email_body ); ?>

Code (markup):

 

you could also str_replace("/","",$_POST['msg'])

 

Thanks, where would I put that bit of code?

 

I have found the following:

$filtered_message = str_replace("\","",$_POST['msg']);

But then I get the error:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '"' in /home/photosal/public_html/manager/email-send.php on line 30


Need to get rid of the \ here is some of the code that comes through the email:

<A href=\"http://www.photosales.co.nz\">http://www.photosales.co.nz</A> </DIV>

 

yeah sorry about that. you need to escape the \ so that it itself isn't escaping the "

$filtered_message = str_replace("\\","",$_POST['msg']);

PHP:

 

Still got <A href=\"http://www.photosales.co.nz\">http://www.photosales.co.nz</A>

<?php

$db_host = $_POST['host'];
$db_user = $_POST['username'];
$db_pass = $_POST['password'];
$db_name = $_POST['db'];
$body = $_POST['msg'];
$sub = $_POST['subject'];
$table = $_POST['table'];
$row = $_POST['row'];
$from = $_POST['from'];
$return = $_POST['return'];

 // CONNNECT TO DATABASE
$dbDB = mysql_connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass) or die("ERROR: Could not connect to backend database.");  
mysql_select_db($db_name) or die("ERROR: Could not select control database."); 

// Pull emails
$results = mysql_query("SELECT $row FROM $table") or die("Could not pull emails<br>".mysql_error());
$sent = mysql_num_rows($results);

if($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($results)) {
                
    do {
        
        
        $email_body = $body;
        
        $subject = $sub;
[B]$filtered_message = str_replace("\\","",$_POST['msg']);[/B]
        $email_header = "From: $from\n";
        $email_header .= "X-Priority: 3\n"; //1 UrgentMessage, 3 Normal
        $email_header .= "Return-Path: <$return>\n";
        $email_header .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";
        
        mail($row["email"], $subject, $email_body, $email_header);
        
    } while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($results));
        
        
} else {
    echo "No Email Addresses to send.";
} ?> Your message has been sent<br>
<br><?php echo(  $email_body ); ?>

Code (markup):

 

what's in email_body? you're setting a value in filtered_message, but i don't see you using it.

 

The $email_body is from the contents of the wysiwyg editor - or the problem area that is doing the \ part.

Should I be replacing the $filtered_message to $email_body?

 

yeah probably. try replacing email_body with filtered_message first. if that doesn't work to the str_replace on email_body instead. assuming that both are the same thing. hard to tell.

 

Pretty much nailed that one - thank you for your help.

Now I just need to get outlook to be able to view the email as html.

Thanks again

 

glad i could help bud