Escape characters won't go away
| From: | Mike Mannakee | Date: | Mon, 02 Sep 2002 03:14:37 +0000 |
| Subject: | Escape characters won't go away | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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I'm getting multiple backslashes in data I get out of a mysql database.
Example :
...Here\\\'s the d...
No problem. Except I CANT GET RID OF THEM. I've tried several things:
1. $string = stripslashes($string); - Doesn't do anything
2. $string = ereg_replace("\\\\\\", "", $string); - Doesn't do anything
3. $string = ereg_replace("\\", "", $string); - Gives the following error
message:
Warning: REG_EESCAPE in script.php on line 1684
None of these have worked. Any thoughts on how to get rid of them? I'm
going batty.
Mike