# Help with ' and " symbols

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-and-symbols/287176>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [April 27, 2009, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-and-symbols/287176 "2009-04-27T16:34:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![utsav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19b73/32.png) [@utsav](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/utsav)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-and-symbols/287176/1 "2009-04-27T16:34:16Z")

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I have a article upload form which is only accessible to the admin. Now the article may contain characters like ’ or " . but when php reads these, it gives a mysql error. How do i accept these characters?