Saving text from Textarea in mysql database with php (apostrophes) - php

Question

html
<form id = "recall_TextArea2" method="post" action="SaveRecall2.php">
<center><textarea name="recall_Info" cols="60" rows="30em"></textarea></center>
</form>
php
if (isset($_POST['recall_Info'])) {
$recall_Info = $_POST['recall_Info'];
}
else {
echo "nothing was recalled.";
}
$recall_Info = stripslashes($recall_Info);
$recall_Info = mysqli_real_escape_string($recall_Info);
$update_sql = "UPDATE `participants` SET `recall_1` = '$recall_Info' WHERE `school_id` =825776 LIMIT 1 ;";
I want to be able to type in text in the text area that has apostrophes, but every time i try, it doesn't work.
It saves normal text (no apostrophes) when i take out
$recall_Info = stripslashes($recall_Info);
$recall_Info = mysqli_real_escape_string($recall_Info);

Answer 1

I'd say see if you are accessing your form/post data properly. Maybe echo out your form data before the sql to see what's going on.
This worked for me, I didn't change your sql query:
$username = "root";
$password = "root";
$host = "localhost";
$dbname = "test";
$mysqli = new mysqli($host, $username, $password, $dbname);
$recall_Info ="this is new recall info text";
$update_sql = "UPDATE `participants` SET `recall_1` = '$recall_Info' '' WHERE `school_id` ='825776' LIMIT 1;";
$stmt = $mysqli->stmt_init();
$stmt->prepare($update_sql);
$stmt->execute();
if ($stmt->affected_rows > 0) {
$OK = true;
}
if ($OK) {
echo 'update successful';
}