Stripslashes

I was doing a test of stripslashes on a $_POST, when I recieved the email, all of the slashes were still in the data posted. I used : $fname = stripslashes($_POST['fname']); I input G\\a//r\y\\, and was expecting, according to the manuel G\a//r*y\, but got the original spelling. I added: echo stripslashes($fname); and did get the expected result on the page, but not in the email from the $_POST. I also tried $fname = (stripslashes($_POST['fname'])); But got the same result. Can anyone tell me what I am not understaning? Thank you Gary __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5625 (20101116) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com