adding Carrol O'Conner in a form

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