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1. poodlerat
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   When I type a single quote (') in a custom field, WordPress escapes it with a backslash (\). That backslash shows up when I display custom fields for my posts. Is there an easy way to get rid of this?

   Thanks!

2. syncbox
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Why are you using the single quote? Try using a character entity for it if all you want is 'something like this'

   the character entity to use is ’ for an apostrophe. If you want matching opening and closing ones, the left side one is ‘

   otherwise, put the \ in before the single quotes you use yourself and see what happens.

   HTH

3. poodlerat
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Thanks, but I really don't see using curly quotes as a long-term solution. I want to be able to type a regular apostrophe (using the apostrophe key on my keyboard) without having to escape it. But the real problem is that when I do escape the apostrophe, the escape character shows up in the front end of WordPress!

   I know I can use character entities like ’ and ” as apostrophes and single and double quotes, but I don't feel like I should have to.

4. poodlerat
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Okay, I realized that if I want to type ordinary quotes (") and apostrophes (') in custom fields, I just have to use stripslashes() when retrieving the data. (Because of the way I had my Write Post page set up, it took me a long time to realize this. Also, this only works if the text is entered in a textarea field rather than an input field.)

   If anyone else has this problem, I hope that helps!

5. timothyb
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I'm having the same issue in WP 2.6...

   When I try to insert this into a custom field so the image shows up on a page:

   <img src="http://www.bestgreenblogs.com/images/star30.gif"><img src="http://www.bestgreenblogs.com/images/supporter.png" border="0" title="This blogger donated to keep the independent green blogosphere alive!">

   It shows up like this:
   <img src=\"http://www.bestgreenblogs.com/images/star30.gif\"><img src=\"http://www.bestgreenblogs.com/images/supporter.png\" border=\"0\" title=\"This blogger donated to keep the independent green blogosphere alive!\">

   What do I do to make that not happen?

6. alfaguru
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   This is definitely a bug in WP 2.6. There is an easy workaround, however, since it only occurs on an add operation. If you re-edit the field and press update - voila - no escapes.

7. timothyb
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Ugh pain in the bum. Can this be fixed in the next update?

8. Niemi
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I just created a blog and I have the excact same problem.

   I started a thread on opendesigns so if you haven't found a solution keep an eye on that one.

   No-one found a fix for this yet?

9. markchicobaby
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Not sure if this is old news, but I couldn't find the answer so I've documented how to fix it on my (brand spanking new) blog

   how to fix wordpress double apostrophe problem
   http://www.markchicobaby.com/?p=5

   You need to set magic_quotes_gpc Off but if you're running PHPsuexec then you need to follow my instructions. Hope it works for you.

   M

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