Issue with quotes when transferring between HTML form and PHP

[thecommonthread]

I have a hidden field in my HTML form that has a single quote (') in the value.  When I use that value on a next page, it is parsing it with a blackslash automatically, so on the page, it'll like one of the following examples:

 

4\' Board

Sally\'s plate

 

What code do I use to prevent this?  I've run into this problem before and it sure seems like an easy fix, but I still haven't been able to crack it.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks,

 

thecommonthread

[teamatomic]

Thats probably because magic_quotes_gpc is on. If its your server then you can turn that off in php.ini. Alternatively you can use stripslashes()

 

 

HTH

Teamatomic

[SpankMarvin]

Whack it in an if clause:

 

if(get_magic_quotes_gpc()){ // Automatic adding of slashes? If so, strip em first
	$string = stripslashes($string);
}

 

You can turn that into a function too, to save yourself time...