String display incorrectly when in codeigniter input value using the form helper

Question

I have a strange issue I never had before. I have a record stored in my database, it is a dutch place name as follow:

's-Heer Abtskerke

if I use the form helper:

<div class="form-group">
    <?php
    echo form_label('Plaats','plaats');
    echo form_error('plaats');
    echo form_input('plaats',set_value('plaats',$object->plaats),'class="form-control" id="plaats"');
    ?>
</div>

I am getting this output:

's-Heer Abtskerke

And if I use the html input element:

<input type="text" name="plaats" class="form-control" id="plaats" value="<?php echo $object->plaats; ?>">

I get the correct output:

's-Heer Abtskerke

I am wondering what is going on in here!

Answer 1

You need to turn off html escape:

set_value('plaats','\'s-Heer Abtskerke', FALSE)

Here you have doc