Re: Slash problem

This is done because magic_quotes_gpc is turned on. This makes it possible to just insert submitted data into a MySQL database, without preparing it first. You can turn it off if you have access to the server config, or.. you can do this: if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) { foreach ($HTTP_POST_VARS as $key => $value) {

      // if you're into globals
      $$key = stripslashes($value);
      // otherwise -- not sure if this'll work or not
      // if $HTTP_POST_VARS is read-only then it won't.
      $HTTP_POST_VARS[$key] = stripslashes($value);

} } At the beginning of your scripts. If you do that, don't forget to *not* use global values. Mike Evansville Scene wrote:

I'm fairly new @ PHP, so forgive me if the answer is trivial ... In many cases, if I take in data from a form and the user uses an apostrophe, the data that is sent to me has a slash in it. For example: Jones\' Auto Repair Is there an easy fix? I'm not sure why this is occurring ... It\'s been quite a pain :) Adam