Re: Add Slashes - Server Adds Them Automatically - Advice Requested!

I think that always from a form the script gets slashed data. Andrey Hristov IcyGEN Corporation http://www.icygen.com 99% ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Gifford" <mike@openconcept.on.ca> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 6:58 PM Subject: [PHP] Add Slashes - Server Adds Them Automatically - Advice Requested! > Hello, > > I've created a little opensource script: > http://openconcept.ca/guide-petition.phtml > > Which uses addslashes() to help clean up data inserted from a web form. > > This is fine, except that it appears that you can set up php, so that addslashes are > automatically > added: > > "one small thing i noticed was the "addSlashes" issue. it seems like php is > sometimes installed (such as on my machine) in such a way that addSlashes > AUTOMATICALLY happens and therefore MANUAL addSlashes adds a SECOND, > superfluous forward slash." > > "eg > Patrick "the skier" kuharic > comes out in invitea friend emails by your system as > Patrick \the skier\ kuharic" > > Has anyone else experienced this? Any suggestions for work arounds? > > Mike > -- > Mike Gifford, OpenConcept Consulting, http://openconcept.ca > Offering everything your organization needs for an effective web site. > Abolish Nuclear Weapons Now!: http://pgs.ca/petition/ > It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. - A Einstein > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >