note 52212 added to function.stripslashes

If you have a string which might be null it won't be null anymore after you do a stripslashes. $s = null; $r = stripslashes($s); if ($r == "") echo "this is the result"; if (is_null($r)) echo "instead of this"; It took me some time to figure this out it might safe you some time. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.stripslashes.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+52212 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52212&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52212&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52212&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52212&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52212&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+52212&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php