Re: Evaluating form posts

You should chech for configuration of magic quotes gpc. Use get_magic_quotes_gpc() function: $foo = get_magic_quotes_gpc() ? stripslashes($_POST["foo"]) : $_POST["foo"]) ; Do it with all GET and POST variables. -- Alexander. "Php Mailing List Account" <phpmail@membrane.mit.edu> wrote in message news:20040912005354.GA1883@membrane.mit.edu... > Hello everyone, > > I had an apache server running with php 5. Now I installed unix on that pc and apache and php 5. > I am using some forms on web pages and get their values by writing > $foo = $_POST["foo"]; > Since I 'upgraded' to unix i am getting a double backslash for each backslash entered on the form > and '\"' for every '"'. > Could someone please tell me what's going on? Did I miss a part of the FAQ? > (The form looks like > <form method="post"> > <input type="text" /> > <input type="submit" name="action" value="submit" /> > </form> > ) > > Thank you in advance