I know I am doing the exact thing you are.... If you or someone else doesn't mind, could you look @ http://dragonz-cavern.mine.nu/poems.phps and see what I'm doing wrong? I am trying to parse it before it gets stored in my txt file. plz help. I'd really appreciate it. -Dade --- Ernest E Vogelsinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 02:05 02.03.2003, Dade Register said: > --------------------[snip]-------------------- > >Well, only diff is it's a POST from a textarea. > With > >magicquotes on, you're right, it makes "Thank's" > >become "Thank\'s". how can I get rid of that? I'm > >posting it to a text file. > --------------------[snip]-------------------- > > Use stripslashes(). > > Try this example: > > <?php > > $var = $_REQUEST['blah']; > echo '<xmp>$REQUEST[\'blah\']: "', $var, "\"\n"; > $var = stripslashes($var); > echo 'stripslashe\'d: "', $var, '"</xmp>'; > echo '<form method="post">', > '<textarea name="blah">', > $var, > '</textarea><br />', > '<input type="submit"></form>'; > > ?> > > You will notice the textarea transmits "Thank\'s" > which is displayed in the > first line, and stripslashes() removes the backslash > and displays "Thank's". > > Note that you also must use the stripslashe'd data > when constructing the > textarea. > > > -- > >O Ernest E. Vogelsinger > (\) ICQ #13394035 > ^ http://www.vogelsinger.at/ > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >
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