file_exists enquiry:

I am using the file_exists function in my code and noticed that when I use a variable from the $_GET array the file exists function strips the slashes from quote marks in the passed argument. I discovered this because I accidentally renamed a file '' on my web server. I pass a variable file_name through the URL query string. When accessing magic_quotes adds back slashes so the file name '' becomes ///'///' - I don't know why it is escaped twice. Using stripslashes() on it converts it to /'/' : echo ( (int) file_exists (stripslahes ($_GET['file_name'])); // returns 1 echo ($_GET['file_name']); // returns \'\' - file name is incorrect Using stripslashes twice converts it to '' : echo ( (int) file_exists (stripslashes (stripslahes ($_GET['file_name']))); // returns 0 - even though this is the correct file name echo ($_GET['file_name']); // returns '' - as expected the correct file name It appears to me that the file_exists function is stripping the slashes and expects quotes to be escaped visible in the GET and POST arrays. Does this happen in all file system functions?? Thanks in advance; ADAM