I am suffering from what I assume is a common problem, however I am struggling to find a solution so I thought I would ask here:
My form has a hidden field (generated by perl): <input type="hidden" name="item" value="$item_name">

The problem is that the variable string contains sizes, such as 5/8" (5 eighths of an inch) and so on.
So, when generated the hidden field looks like this:

<input type="hidden" name="item" value="BGUS2-108 O.D Tube:5/8" MF Solder Connection:1/2"">

This obviously screws up my html input field, and the value is construed as: BGUS2-108 O.D Tube:5/8
Whats the best way to sort this out?

Thank you.

2006-06-16 Retitled by planetscape, as per Monastery guidelines

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Original title: 'Double Quotes in form hidden field values'

2006-06-17 Retitled by g0n, as per Monastery guidelines
Original title: '(OT) Double Quotes in form hidden field values'

In reply to Double Quotes in form hidden field values by pickledegg

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