How to display a " in an input box

[Stefan Mueller]

How can I display a " in an input box?

I tried
<input type = "text" value = "\"">
without success.

Stefan

 

[Benjamin Niemann]

How can I display a " in an input box?

I tried
<input type = "text" value = "\"">
without success.

Use either value="&quot;", value=""" or value='"'

 

[Stefan Mueller]

How can I display a " in an input box?

Use either value="&quot;", value=""" or value='"'

Isn't there something like the PHP command
addslashes(...)
so that each character gets displayed properly?

Stefan

 

[Jukka K. Korpela]

How can I display a " in an input box?

There's no problem with it in input.

I tried
<input type = "text" value = "\"">
without success.

Using it in the _prefilled_ content requires a special method, just as any
inclusion of " into an attribute value delimited with " characters:

<input type = "text" value = "&quot;">

Alternatively, you could use

<input type = "text" value = '"'>

but that's somewhat obscure.

On the other hand, there is _seldom_ reason to include " into the prefilled
(default) content. The idea of using it is probably a wrong approach to the
primary problem, which has not been disclosed.

 

[Benjamin Niemann]

Isn't there something like the PHP command
addslashes(...)
so that each character gets displayed properly?

'htmlentities' should do the job.

 

[Stefan Mueller]

'htmlentities' should do the job.

Yes, that works. Many thanks
Stefan

 

[Yucky Korpulent]

To elaborate on my previous proclamation that you are "probably [using]
a wrong approach to the primary problem," please be aware that this
assumption is predicated on my belief that most people here are, in
fact, idiots. Idiots with questions that are misguided because they do
not know what they "really" want. Just wanted to clear up any
misconceptions that I may not be an insufferably conceited buffoon.

For more enlightenment on the proper way to solve problems, please
visit http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkropela/ to see pages so firmly entrenched
in my web authoring dogma that they reek of a website developed circa
1994. This is what you should be striving to achieve.

Yucky,