note 7860 modified in function.stripslashes by erica

[Editor's note: Actually, the function to properly escape single quotes in a database query is addslashes(), not stripslashes. --erica@php.net] Also important when you are passing a select query of a text field to mysql. I have a web form for issuing commands directly to the database and I needed to use stripslashes to correctly issue things like: select * from members where membername='Fred' Mike Parent --was-- Also important when you are passing a select query of a text field to mysql. I have a web form for issuing commands directly to the database and I needed to use stripslashes to correctly issue things like: select * from members where membername='Fred' Mike Parent http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.stripslashes.php