Magic Quotes GPC on & correctly display of quotes

[baconbeastnz]

Hi there, Ok basically I have to correctly display messages created by users, in an environment when GPC can be both on and off

 

My problem so far, is that when entering : hello "there" , this will output as : hello /"there/"

 

I cannot change the echo on the other, it has to be done before the data hits the array, here is what I've tried:

 

'text' => '".nl2br(htmlentities($_POST["NEWMESSTEXT"]))."'

 

The other end, is just echo($text);

 

Any help would be really appreciated, boss is on my ass lol

[trq]

<?php

  if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
    $a = array('text' => stripslashes($_POST["NEWMESSTEXT"]));
  } else {
    $a = array('text' => $_POST["NEWMESSTEXT"]);
  }

?>

[baconbeastnz]

I also need to prevent special characters from getting in though:

 

e.g  <?php echo "lol" ?> and nl2br e.t.c

[trq]

So add the necessary function calls. I was simply illustrating how you can determine if magic quotes gpc is switched on.

[baconbeastnz]

MM ok I already knew that.

 

I dont think I have illustrated my problem clearly enough..

 

stripslashes will work for things like: hey "there"

 

But I also need it to display slashes properly : e.g i enter : \\\\\ and it outputs : \\\\\ , not  : \\

 

in pseudo:

 

if(gpc enabled) {

stripslashes(text)

//This is fine for : hello "there", but not for : \\\\\ /////

 

} else {

htmlentities(text)

//This is fine for : hello "there", but not for : \\\\\ /////

 

}