note 31175 deleted from function.addslashes by philip

Note Submitter: mbone@matthewbone.com ---- I got the idea from an earlier post however it didn't work so I modified it and am posting to help anyone who whats to insert form fields to a microsoft sql database or microsoft access file and doesn't want to worry about magic quotes. On the query string BEFORE you insert or update any data that's be submitted from a form add this simple function: $variable_name = ereg_replace("'", "`",$variable_name); (the to be replaced field is a " ' " only without the spaces, it's hard to tell when looking at it) you'll have add this for any form field that might contain an ' . This will change all ' to an ` which isn't an apostrophe but is a character that is very RARELY used. when you go to select the information and print it out simply change it back like this $variable_name = ereg_replace("`", "'",$variable_name); for each field that could have an ` in it somewhere. Sometimes I confuse myself when I write so if you're confused feel free to email me.