Bug #16503: mail() provides \" or \' escaped characters for single and double quotes

From: carlfox@netdoor.com Operating system: linux PHP version: 4.1.2 PHP Bug Type: Mail related Bug description: mail() provides \" or \' escaped characters for single and double quotes mail() improperly escapes single and double quotes. For example: ' appears as \' (as when an apostrophe is in the email text, like " person's automobile" shows up as "person\'s automobile". The email sent contains the escaped character with the \ in front of it instead of sending the character properly. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=16503&edit=1 -- Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16503&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16503&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16503&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16503&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16503&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16503&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16503&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16503&r=submittedtwice