Escaping string is not working

[this.user]

I am passing this value:

 

\\"''"""\""\\\\""""''''\"""\\\""''""""'/'/'/\"'\'\\'\\''\\'''''

 

the the following code is not handling it correctly:

 

 

$data = mysql_real_escape_string(strip_tags(htmlspecialchars($data)));

 

 

here is what it looks like when the server gets it:

 

\\"''"""\""\\\\""""''''\"""\\\""''""""'/'/'/\"'\'\\'\\''\\'''''

 

and here is after the code executes:

 

\\\\"\'\'"""\\""\\\\\\\\""""\'\'\'\'\\"""\\\\\\""\'\'""""\'/\'/\'/\\"\'\\\'\\\\\'\\\\\'\'\\\\\'\'\'\'\

 

Notice if I have

 

\'

 

it bugs out.

[Pikachu2000]

What is the purpose of all this, and what do you mean it "bugs out"? How were you expecting it look?