note 49994 added to function.stripslashes

Here's a function to get rid of slashes added by magic_quotes_gpc. The parameter it takes can be either a string or an array. I use it to clean up $_POST arrays before processing their contents (rather than stripping slashes from each key and value as the contents are being processed). function strip_gpc_slashes ($input) { if ( !get_magic_quotes_gpc() || ( !is_string($input) && !is_array($input) ) ) { return $input; } if ( is_string($input) ) { $output = stripslashes($input); } elseif ( is_array($input) ) { $output = array(); foreach ($input as $key => $val) { $new_key = stripslashes($key); $new_val = strip_gpc_slashes($val); $output[$new_key] = $new_val; } } return $output; } Note: With PHP5 at least this function will preserve user-submitted slashes, so if a user types 'test\' in a form field, this function will return exactly 'test\', not 'test', as suggested by mattyblah at gmail dot com. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.stripslashes.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+49994 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+49994&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+49994&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+49994&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+49994&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+49994&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+49994&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php