Quotes in inputfields & Reload

Hy everybody, Well here is the deal (Probably an easy one 8)) I have several inputfields and check if the are valid or have content. If an error occurs and the page reloads i simply echo the content of the fields back into the input fields, viola, wonderful. BUT if there are " eg. Quotes in those fields they suddenly read \" instead of " as they should 8( I guess that the parser is doing something to it there since " is a sensitive char in php. BUT how can i get the content to be reloaded correctly into the fields again. Here an example of how those fields look like <input type=text name=v_email value="<?php echo($v_email); ?>" size=40> tried it like this too, no difference: <input type=text name=v_email value="<?php echo("$v_email"); ?>" size=40> thx in advance, Jens Nedal