Re: Escaping a double-quote problem

oh yes and I had some magic_quote_<smth>=Yes parameter set by default in php.ini :) it's really not very smart to use it, it's very misleading one can see hundreds websites, which fill <textarea>s with backslashes on re-submit to the same form "Lerp" <joe@coastaldestination.com> wrote in message news:20020201171015.76454.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Look up addslashes and stripslashes in the manual. Normally you'd use > addslashes going into the db, and stripslashes coming out for display. > HTH Joe :) > > > "Anton Kolev" <akolev@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:20020201133237.3554.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > > Any idea why when I print the value of $text, I get a backslash in front > of > > the result? > > > > $text=preg_replace("/\"/", "&quot;", $text); > > $text=preg_replace("/\"/", "A", $text); > > $text=str_replace("\"", "A", $text); > > > > Contrary: > > > > $text=preg_replace("/&/", "&amp;", $text); > > > > works quite well. > > > > cheerz > > > > > > > >