[RESOLVED] stripslashes

Do I have to change the variable's name when using stripslashes?

EG:

$myvariable = stripslashes($newcleanvariable);

OR just do it like this:

$myvariable = stripslashes($myvariable);

You could try it. Or let's put it this way: after you create the new variable, do you need to keep the old one?

Well maybe this will help.

The data is being brought in from a Flash Form.

$comment = $_POST["comment"]; // Receive the data from the posted form.

$comment = stripslashes($comment); //Remove the slashes from user's comment.

then I go into a mail statement where the user's comment is sent to a recipient.

Now that I've written this...I'd have to say NO I don't need the old one....If I'm understanding the question.

Then you can go ahead and replace it, as you just did in your most recent code snippet.

...

$comment = stripslashes($_POST['comment']);

OOOOhh..I didn't realize I could do it that way...

So I don't need to keep them separate. This is even better. I'm trying to find ways to streamline and clean up my code. This will help.

pcthug wrote:

 $comment = stripslashes($_POST['comment']);

But keep in mind that before you do this you should be checking to see that $_POST['comment'] is actually set first.

$comment = (isset($_POST['comment'])) ? stripslashes($_POST['comment']) : NULL;