magically appearing backslashes in POST data

[p4rsec]

Hi,

I have a database containing user registration information, and I'd like to provide functionality to let them alter their details.
I load a page with a form, where all the fields are pre-populated with the information from the database.
I do some validation when they submit any changed information, and if there are any problems I'd like the data they've entered to be sticky. So, I use $HTTP_POST_VARS to get what they've put in.
The problem is, whenever there's a single quote ( i.e. ' ) in a field it is automatically prepended with a backslash in the $HTTP_POST_VARS. I don't like it. Does anyone know how I can suppress this behaviour?

-p

[Wave]

try to make changes in php.ini...

magic_quotes_gpc boolean
Sets the magic_quotes state for GPC (Get/Post/Cookie) operations. When magic_quotes are on, all ' (single-quote), " (double quote), \ (backslash) and NUL's are escaped with a backslash automatically. If magic_quotes_sybase is also on, a single-quote is escaped with a single-quote instead of a backslash.

magic_quotes_runtime boolean
If magic_quotes_runtime is enabled, most functions that return data from any sort of external source including databases and text files will have quotes escaped with a backslash. If magic_quotes_sybase is also on, a single-quote is escaped with a single-quote instead of a backslash.

[wizkid]

Hi,

have a look at the function [FONT=courier new]stripslashes()[/FONT].

wizkid

[p4rsec]

OK, two good options for me.
Thanks a lot!

-p