Re: adding Carrol O'Conner in a form

This is automatically done by something called MagicQuotes. You can turn this off in your installation of PHP. -Angela >HI, >IF i add my name as Carol O'Conner in a form and Echo (PHP 4.06 on win 95) it back I see > >Carol O\'Conner > >If I pass that name along to another page I'll see it as: > > Carol O\\\'Conner > >Even if I use : <?php echo(htmlspecialchars ($name, ENT_QUOTES)); ?> > >IF I enter my name as: Carol O'Conner <died> >I'll see it echoed as > >Carol O\'Conner <died> > >so I am thrilled that the <> came back and was displayed as it was typed in by the user > >but how do I get rid of that pesky slash \ ? > >so I can echo exactly what the user typed in? > >I am already using: > > <?php echo(htmlspecialchars ($name, ENT_QUOTES)); ?> > >Thanks for the help, > >ken