addslashes/stripslashes issue

Hi all, Ok here is what I need help with: $var = "i like fi'sh"; I'm able to addslashes(gather the data from a form), submit into the database, stripslashes(retrieve it). My problem is when I display it in a input type=text form the single quote is causing a truncation. <input type="text" value="{$var}"> will display as: i like fi in the text form... Any help? -- John