PHP 4.0 Bug #7630 Updated: ereg_replace or preg_replace

ID: 7630 Updated by: stas Reported By: bmonro@ccbill.com Status: Closed Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function Assigned To: Comments: 1. Turn off magic_quotes in your php.ini 2. To enter backslash into regular expression, double it. Like this: "\\\\". Yes, I know this is ugly, that's how escaping works. 3. Please do not use bug database to ask PHP questions. Use it if you are *sure* there's a bug. For PHP questions, there's php-general@lists.php.net. Previous Comments: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-11-03 17:57:05] bmonro@ccbill.com 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! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Full Bug description available at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=7630