stripslashes with input field problem

i am having trouble displaying data in an input form field while using stripslashes()

the data was added to the database using addslashes and is currently in the databse like this: \"this is in quotes\"

when i try to display that data in an input field by doing this nothing appears:

$strippedtitle = stripslashes($row['title']);
echo "<input name=\"thetext\" type=\"text\" value=\"$strippedtitle\">\n";

your help is much appreciated!

It looks like your data was inserted into the database poorly, but I'm sure you already know that. And you're stuck with what's there, right?

Can we see what is sent to the browser? I'm going on the assumption that it looks like this:

<input name="thetext" type="text" value=""this is in quotes"">

If so, you'll probably want to get rid of those extra quotes using str_replace() or just do this:

echo "<input name=\"thetext\" type=\"text\" value=$strippedtitle>\n";

If you have to use stripslashes(), something is probably wrong.

The most likely cause is that you have magic_quotes enabled - DO NOT DO THIS. Escape things properly when inserting them anyway.

Unfortunately this will not help you to fix corrupt data in the database. Sorry.

Mark