Re: UN-Escaping text from a form submit?

Thanks everyone..Seems it was a very simple thing <blush> I had searched around on the PHP site, but i'm tired, and I must have missed it. Thanks! - John Vanderbeck - Admin, GameDesign ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Robley" <huntsman@hermes.nisu.flinders.edu.au> To: "John Vanderbeck" <agathorn@cfl.rr.com>; <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 10:57 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] UN-Escaping text from a form submit? > On Thu, 8 Feb 2001 14:17, John Vanderbeck wrote: > > Hello again, > > > > I have a form that is used to submit data to my script. If the user > > enters something like: > > > > The title of this book doesn't really matter to "me"! > > > > When I get that back, and read it from the file, it always ends up > > like: > > > > The title of this book doesn\'t really matter to \"me\"! > > > > Note the addition of the escape sequences. How can I stop this? Is > > there some function in PHP? Or am I goign to have to write a character > > routine to strip out escape sequences? <shudder> > > > > - John Vanderbeck > > - Admin, GameDesign > > addslashes and stripslashes are the functions you need. > > -- > David Robley | WEBMASTER & Mail List Admin > RESEARCH CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES | > http://www.nisu.flinders.edu.au/ > AusEinet | > http://auseinet.flinders.edu.au/ > Flinders University, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA >