stripslashes() when reading from the DB

Hi, I usually stripslashes() when I read the info from the database (MySQL). Because the information was inserted after adding slashes, or the system has magic_quotes_gpc set to ON. I'd like to know, if I can do stripslashes() directly, as it is suposed that all data was inserted into DB after slashing the vars. I mean, should I check or not before if magic_quotes_gpc are on ? As I know, magic_quotes_gpc has nothing to do with info readed from the DB, as it only affects Get/Post/Cookie values. I think to make a check like this: $result = mysql_query("SELECT ...."); $row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result); foreach ($row as $key => $value) {

    $row[$key] = stripslashes($value);

} But not sure if it really necessary, as i'm getting some confusing results. Any help will be welcome Regards, Jordi.