note 12132 deleted from function.ereg-replace by jimw

I've noticed that a lot of posts on here refer to problems with unwanted or unnecessary backslashes being added to your form inputs. I saw some workarounds that dealt with this problem using regular expression matching and replacement, but no real solution to the problem. I had the same problem with my web host. Since my host runs Apache, I was able to completely fix this problem by adding the following line to my .htaccess file: php_flag magic_quotes_gpc off This turned off that dumb "magic quote" processing. I apologize to the person who invented it, but it's more of a hindrance than a help. If I want slashes, I'll just use addslashes(). REMEMBER: You still have to use htmlspecialchars() if you're repasting form inputs back into the value parameters of an HTML form. ;-)