[Resolved] str_replace query

[the_sharksta]

had a search for advice on this, but i'm still confused so here goes.

i've got a simple news script running that explodes data from a .txt file:

<?php
			$data = file('news/news.txt');
			$data = array_reverse($data);
			foreach($data as $element) {
				$element = trim($element);
				$pieces = explode("|", $element);
				echo "<div class=\"date\">\n" . 
				$pieces[0] . "\n</div>\n" .   

		 		"<div class=\"news\">\n" . 
				$pieces[1] . "\n</div>\n<br>\n\n";
				}
		?>

when using my form to submit data to news.txt, if i use an apostrophe it precedes it with a forwardslash.
eg:

25.08.04 , 11.36|what\'s up, doc?

i want to use the str_replace function to get get rid of the forwardslash, but i'm not entirely sure how to go about it.

i know it should look something like this:

				str_replace("\\","",$pieces[1]);

but i don't know where to place that code within my existing code...can anyone help? or if there's a way to stop the forwardslash being added in the first place that would be great...thanks

[Frederick]

Instead of using str_replace(), use stripslashes();

echo stripslashes($variable);

http://us4.php.net/manual/en/function.stripslashes.php

[the_sharksta]

thanks, thats brilliant. i'm gonna add that function to my list of useful things to know.