Outputting Formatting

[lovefaithswing]

Hi I am new to php and I wrote this simple php script as practice. It seems to work, but I was playing around I put an apostrophe in my name and when it showed back my name it came out with a \ in front of the apostrophe. How can I get it to not do that?
thx!
~ Hailey

Here is my code:
<?php

if (isset($REQUEST["seen"]))
{
$name=$REQUEST["name"];
echo $name;

}
else
{
?>
<FORM METHOD ="POST" ACTION ="name.php">
Your name:
<INPUT NAME="name" TYPE="TEXT">
<INPUT NAME="seen" TYPE="HIDDEN">
<INPUT NAME="submit" TYPE="SUBMIT" value="Submit">
</form>
<?
}
?>

[NogDog]

The back-slash is due to the magic_quotes_gpc setting being part of your PHP configuration. You can get rid of the back-slashes by using the [man]stripslashes[/man] function.

On an unrelated note, since your form is using the post method, it is better to use the $POST array instead of the $REQUEST array. This makes your code more specific as to what value it is obtaining, and avoids possible confusion -- unintentional on your part or intentional on a malicious user's part -- with values from other sources such as cookies or URL query strings.