Question

I want to store this script below as a variable using a text area form but when I do and echo the variable, the browser interprets the code. I don’t want this, I just want to store the script “as is” in a variable so I can use that variable for further manipulation. any ideas how I can accomplish this using a text area form in php?

<a href="https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/B008EYEYBA" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B008EYEYBA&Format=_SL110_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=mytwitterpage-20" ></a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=mytwitterpage-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B008EYEYBA" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />

btw, below is the exact php variable that I want when the user put the script above in a text area.

$str = "<a href="https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/B008EYEYBA" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B008EYEYBA&Format=_SL110_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=mytwitterpage-20" ></a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=mytwitterpage-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B008EYEYBA" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />";

any help is greatly appreciated. thanks

Answer 1

use like this

<?php
$str = '<a href="http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B008EYEYBA"><img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B008EYEYBA&Format=_SL110_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=mytwitterpage-20" ></a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=mytwitterpage-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B008EYEYBA" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />' ;
echo htmlentities($str);
?>