Hi Monks,

I'm trying to do what I thought was some pretty simple stuff, but I got thwarted by my lack of knowledge!

I'm trying to write a variable into a database.

But this variable has single quotes and it won't go.

Is there some sort of "quote" hierarchy that I don't know about ... for instance, could I use [] as quotes, () don't seem to work.

My current code is below. It works for putting strings into the database like 123, but not for stuff with quotes.

Any tips? 

$trend= "<img src='images/down.jpg'>";

$sth_2 = $dbh->prepare("UPDATE options SET trend=$trend WHERE ticker =
+ '$ticker';");
    
$sth_2->execute();

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Chris Herold

In reply to Writing to DB with quotes by cdherold

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