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[mrwizard]

I am using a text file to store information and PHP to read and write to it. Every time I try to write an apostrophe (') or speech marks (")to the text file, PHP puts a backslash () in front of it. How can I stop it doing that or how can I remove the \ when I read from the file?

[Anon]

You might want to search the docs on php.net for the function stripslashes(). And be sure to read the user comments too.

I use it just before I write the string/send it to the database. This way it's sure that other apps won't get disturbed by the slashes. And php reads it after that correct, ie. without slashes. They get appended when you have a special char in a var that is sent from/to a form (eg. through the 'post' or 'get' method. Use something like

$var = "This is a string with a 'quote'";
write (stripslashes($var));

Regards, hope it helps

[mrwizard]

Works perfectly - thanks heaps