Unwanted slash in content area

BoggerD

I am new to PHP and MySQL. I am having trouble when a news article is displayed.

I use FCK Editor when adding news article. When I want to insert a comma at the end of a word in the content area, e.g.: cat's, all I get in the display is an unwanted slash before the comma. e.g.: cat\'s. I do not know how to fix this problem.

Can anyone help me to stop the backslash from appearing in the news article.

See attached code:

addNews.txt
news-display.txt

leatherback

FCK editor has some settings for 'addslashes'. Switch this to off, or use [man]stripslashes[/man]

cretaceous

to be pedantic - it's called an apostrophe (or sometimes a quote mark)
a comma is one of these: ,

leatherback

cretaceous;10986314 wrote:
to be pedantic - it's called an apostrophe (or sometimes a quote mark)
a comma is one of these: ,

THat IS pedantic. You do not know the nationality of the person on the other side. It is obvious what is meant. To just point out language issues is a little rude, I find.

cretaceous

no leatherback I disagree entirely
I started with the phrase "to be pedantic" which is a cover for language understanding etc

it is important to know the correct terminology for things
if he does a google seach on "slash comma" he won't get many useful results

things are named to clarify understanding and add precision

leatherback

cretaceous;10986321 wrote:
no leatherback I disagree entirely
I started with the phrase "to be pedantic" which is a cover for language understanding etc

it is important to know the correct terminology for things
if he does a google seach on "slash comma" he won't get many useful results

things are named to clarify understanding and add precision

Let's be pedantic then, the way that I know the word, which I must admit, is from a book, as English is my third language:

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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pedantic
pedantic
adjective
1. hairsplitting, particular, formal, precise, fussy, picky (informal), nit-picking (informal), punctilious, priggish, pedagogic, anal retentive, overnice all his pedantic quibbles about grammar

2. academic, pompous, schoolmasterly, stilted, erudite, scholastic, didactic, bookish, abstruse, donnish, sententious His lecture was pedantic and uninteresting.

If you RESALLY wanted to help, you could have formulated it: In case you are going to search on this, you should look for the work quote, rather than comma, as a comme is only used for , and not for '. Just pointing out: You use the wrong term IS pedantic, especially if you do not kow whether a person's native language.

cretaceous

we're splitting hairs now...
maybe you didn't notice but I did explain the nomenclature for each item

it doesn't need spelling out why I did it
I believe people should know the correct words for things
otherwise communication is troublesome

again : that's exactly why I prefaced the comment with "to be pedantic"
would it be more palatable with a smiley face ?

NogDog

And to be pedantic or confusing, the English often refer to what we Americans call a "quotation mark" as an "inverted comma," although as used in the original post, it would still be an apostrophe. :p