note 9204 deleted from function.serialize by bobby

Note Submitter: dmb27 at cornell dot edu ---- Actually, you don't want to use addslashes() EVER when passing between pages( not in POST when passing in hidden fields, not in GET when appending to a URL). Only use addslashes() with a database, that's the only time it helps you. However, you still have work to do if you are sending variables to HTML pages. If via Hidden fields in a <FORM> tag, use htmlentities(). This will turn all HTML speical characters into something your browser will interpret as characters, not HTML. When you get to the next page, you don't need to do any decoding. If you are using GET variables and appending to URL's, use urlencode() on the variable. When you get to the next page, you don't need to do any decoding, your browser did it for you.