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Humberto Sifuentes
7,694 PointsCan`t get clean values in a <select><option> form...!
Hello, hopefully some of you guys can help me understand this problem. I have a form like this:
<select name="person">
<?php
$query = "SELECT * FROM people";
$result = $conexion->query($query);
while($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
echo"<option value='".htmlspecialchars($row["person"])."'>".
htmlspecialchars($row["person"])."</option>";
} ?>
</select>
As you can see, it takes values from a DB and echoes a number of OPTIONs as a part of a bigger form.
Data in the DB is correct. And yet a keep getting the value of $row["person"] plus some unwanted special characters. When the form is posted, a variable takes the value of the selected option:
$person = htmlspecialchars($_POST["person"]);
However, the final value of the variable is this:
Person<td><p class=
I am very confused! The PERSON column in the DB is correct. the "<td><p class=" segment is not a part of the form. And yet there it is this strange result...
Does anybody sees something I`m missing???
Thanks!!!
1 Answer
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Humberto Sifuentes
7,694 PointsSorry... Never mind... Few hours of sleep latter and I found the silly mistake... :)