How do I rewrite this as a php function?

[accelerator]

Hi All

When I pull each value from my database into a form field, I need to prepare the data as follows:

<?=htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($row[3]), ENT_QUOTES)?>

How would I rewrite the above functionality as a function so that I can easily apply the functionality to every form field without needing to do so much typing?

Thanks all

Accelerator

[piniyini]

PHP Code:

<?php

function do($x)
{

$x = htmlspecialchars($x);
$x = stripslashes($x, ENT_QUOTES);

return $x;
}

?>

Then use it by

PHP Code:

<?php $value = do($row[3]); ?>

[accelerator]

That's great, thanks very much.

[tbp]

PHP Code:

function clean_string($string){
  $result = htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($string), ENT_QUOTES);
  return $result;
}

echo clean_string($row[3]); 


Just wrap clean_string() round the value to be displayed

[accelerator]

Yes, cheers guys, I've got this working now