note 1837 deleted from Variables from outside PHP by ronabop

I have been playing with forms and PHP, and I have com across an odd problem. I want the user to be able to enter a "(quote) into a textbox, and NOT have it replaced with ", or ". It seems this is something PHP does automatically. All I have the script doing echoing it to the screen, so the user can verify the data they entered is correct before it is processed any further. In the end the data is included as the body of an email message, so I need it to display "(quotes) as quotes and not HTML. Is there an easy fix or work around for this, or am I going to have to code a special routine to correct this? If anyone has any hints or ideas on this, email me. thanx