I am experiencing some weird problems with PHP. When I execute the following query from within a PHP script, the description is set to 'EBCO' and not 'EBCO\030774-006\BUBBLER VALVE'. When I execute this query from the mysql monitor the value is inserted correctly.
$query = "update the_table set description = 'EBCO\\030774-006\\BUBBLER VALVE' where item_number = '1'"; mysql_query($query); This statement prints to console incorrectly (notice funky character after EBCO): echo ("EBCO\030774-006\BUBBLER VALVE"); EBCO774-006\BUBBLER VALVE This statement prints to console incorrectly (notice funky character after EBCO): echo addslashes("EBCO\030774-006\BUBBLER VALVE"); EBCO774-006\\BUBBLER VALVE This statement prints the variable to the console correctly: echo ("EBCO\\030774-006\\BUBBLER VALVE"); EBCO\030774-006\BUBBLER VALVE How can I handle this description correctly with PHP? James E Hicks III Noland Company 2700 Warwick Blvd Newport News, VA 23607 757-928-9000 ext 435 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php