Wierd Escape characters problems ( not trivial)

[cromestant]

Hello, stupid problem, first time it happens

first of all i have a test input in a form, if I type p'a i ll get wierd escape characters.

<input type="text" name="test"/>

now in my php code

$text = $_POST['test'];
error_log($text,3,'pathtologfile');

now if i put " pa <' kj"

in my text field i ll get this in the log file:

pa <\' kj

 

i tried with post and with $this->_request->getParam('test') from Zend Frameworks..

 

This is before processing it to DB so no corruption due to mysql, first time this has ever happened to me.. any ideas on what could be happening, i don t think its htmlentities problem since the '>' would also be converted to >

 

any help would be appreciated.

 

 

[Mchl]

Check if you have magic_quotes enabled. Disable them if possible.

[cromestant]

That was it, thanks