# Displaying text from database

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displaying-text-from-database/115934>\
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**Created:** [July 13, 2004, 3:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displaying-text-from-database/115934 "2004-07-13T03:39:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![rflorico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ba0ec/32.png) [@rflorico](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rflorico)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2004, 3:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displaying-text-from-database/115934/1 "2004-07-13T03:39:48Z")

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Good Day!

Just want to ask how to display text in a textbox if the string from my database (php-mysql-flash) have double quotes/single quotes. Somethings goes wrong.

The scenario is this: I have a dropdown menu in flash, when i select a title, the content will be displayed in the textbox, but the content sometimes have different characters and sometimes when a the the first occurence of the double quote reaches, the string to be displayed stops there.

my content is this: THe quick brown fox jumps ‘over’ the lazy dog.

the textbox (in flash) only displays : THe quick brown fox jumps

And when I look at the database, the content looks like this: THe quick brown fox jumps “over“ the lazy dog.

Can someone help me please.

Thanks in Advance. 🅱