Re: help on getting rid of \'

> I am working with php and mysql and have the need to write a query like: > > $sql_statement=mysql_query(" select * from table where column='string' "); > > What comes out is: > > select * from table where column=\'string\' Only if you pass that variable through a GET/POST/COOKIE operation and you have magic_quotes_gpc enabled in your php.ini file. Either turn magic_quotes off or call stripslashes() on your string before passing it to MySQL. But, are you sure you want to be passing entire query strings between pages? Normally you would only pass the actual query arguments. In your case probably the 'string' part. -Rasmus