PHP 4.0 Bug #7630: ereg_replace or preg_replace

From: bmonro@ccbill.com Operating system: freeBSD PHP version: 4.0.3pl1 PHP Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function Bug description: ereg_replace or preg_replace I have an HTML text input field generated by my php code: print "<input type=text name=varname>"; the script is accepting the input just fine. I then need to pass the variable into a mysql database query. This is where it barfs. it is putting backslashes before any single quotes i put in the text field. So I tried using ereg_replace and preg_replace to replace the backslash with nothing (i.e. empty string). but to no avail here is what happens: if I type this in the input box: login_id = 'username' it sends this to the mysql query: login_id = \'username\' ereg_replace and preg_replace are both getting messed up on the backslash. PLEASE HELP! -- Edit Bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=7630&edit=1