how to change \' to '

[Anon]

Hi,
i have a problem with escape character.
first of all, i want to keep the input like this ===> name='myname' on the variable $str
when i rewrite the $str with this script :
echo $str
then on the screen appear
===> name=\'myname\'

my problem is , how to make it appear
===> name='myname'

i have tried ereg_replace function, but it doesn't work

please help...=D

[Anon]

try stripslashes()

[Anon]

Note that these are created via the magic_quotes_gpc directive. See the manual for details.